About This Book
Reach for this book when your child starts to treat a trip to the supermarket like a cross-country odyssey or struggles with the agonizing wait for a caregiver to return. It is a humorous and comforting tool for those long moments in a child's life where five minutes feels like five years. Amy is waiting outside a store for her mother, and her imagination takes over as she envisions growing up, getting married, and having her own children, all before Mama comes back through the door. Beatrice Schenk de Regniers perfectly captures the distorted sense of time that children experience. By validating Amy's impatience through a whimsical, exaggerated lens, the story turns a common source of anxiety into a creative adventure. It is an ideal choice for preschoolers and early elementary students who are learning to manage their expectations and discover the power of their own daydreams to pass the time.
