Time Out!
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
This imaginative picture book, filled with rocket ships and dreams of flying to the moon, is perfect for fans of Not A Box and Harold and the Purple Crayon.
CRASH! A young boy has made a mess, and his mother sends him to his room for a Time Out. But is Time Out really such a punishment? Not when you have a spaceship to board, a starry sky to visit, and a moon to circle around!
With a bedroom full of boxes-turned-spaceship, an off-page mother counting down the Time Out, and a little boy who simply refuses to sit still, this adorable picture book celebrates imagination and brings readers along on a trip through the outer reaches of our planet and our minds.
Praise for Time Out:
★ "Barba’s artwork weds Miro’s palette to James Marshall’s glee, and her bold black lines are fueled by imaginative power."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Totally fun, visually startling, and a paean to creative thinking."--Kirkus Reviews
Praise for When Your Elephant Comes to Play:
"An excellent addition to any collection, this appealing tale is full of humor and easily extends imaginative play."--Kirkus
"A story as irrepressible as the cross-species pals it stars."--Publishers Weekly
"A pleasant read about a little boy’s big imagination, with creative, colorful spreads that will stay with readers long after the story ends."--Booklist
"A fun addition for picture book collections." --School Library Journal
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This tale about a stint in time out is a standout. It stars a small pig in a striped shirt, and his infraction, shown on the cover, involves skateboarding indoors. An unseen parent's disembodied words form the story's text: "That's it! You're in Time Out." The pig hangs its head, and so does his pet bird. After drawing a sporty red spaceship ("What's going on in there?" asks the parent through the door), pig and bird launch into the cosmos. Astronauts must eat; seen through the porthole, the two blissfully sip milkshakes, surrounded by pizza and popcorn (another view of the ship's interior shows a nice pool). "I hope you're really thinking about it," says the parent, as pig and bird arrive triumphantly on the moon. Barba's (When Your Elephant Comes to Play) artwork weds Miro's palette to James Marshall's glee, and her bold black lines are fueled by imaginative power. In Barba's story, the divide between the world of the child and the world of the parent is unbridgeable, and there's no doubt about which is the better place to be. Ages 3 7.
