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PublisherFlashlight Press

ISBN-100979974690

ISBN-139780979974694

eBay Product ID (ePID)109120111

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Book TitleBusy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

TopicFamily / Parents, Humorous Stories, School & Education, General, Girls & Women, Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings

IllustratorBeaky, Suzanne, Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorLinda Ravin Lodding

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight19.9 Oz

Item Length10.2 in

Item Width10.2 in

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Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

Reviews"After juggling a different activity each day of her overscheduled life, Ernestine breaks free for a day of playing at the park, reminding kids and adults alike about the importance of including fun and simple childhood wonder on every agenda." -- Metro Family Magazine (March 2012), "Illustrations by Beaky . . . a helter-skelter of varying perspectives, diagonal lines, falling objects, and crowded calendars sporting Post-It notes all contribute to the frantic mood of the story. . . . More than enough amusing examples of adult folly in both text and illustration." -- Bayviews (February 2012), "This book is a joyful and funny reminder to kids and parents alike about the importance and power of play. . . . Our children will all be happier and healthier if we lessen all those lessons and get out to play." -- Darell Hammond, CEO and cofounder of KaBOOM!, "Lodding teaches an important lesson . . . without being didactic, but with charming characters and happenings. The brilliant illustrations of Suzanne Beaky are an absolute treat, full of fun and telling details in bright colors. They match the story perfectly. This is a book parents and children alike will enjoy over and over again." -www.CityBookReview.com (January 2012), "Ernestine Buckmeister is on the go-go-go every day of the week. When she's not yodeling, knitting, tuba-playing, and karate-chopping, she's busy doing water ballet, sculpting, and mastering yoga poses. But she longs for something more. In this wildly funny take on the life and times of an over-scheduled kid, Ernestine is a character worth celebrating." —Tammi Sauer, author, Chicken Dance , Cowboy Camp , Mostly Monsterly , and Mr. Duck Means Business, "A paean to play, especially for kids. . . . The vibrant, colorful illustrations help lift each page of spunky narration. The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister will appeal to overachieving kids of all ages, or 4-8." --www.midwestbookreview.com (December 2011), Read-aloud of The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister by YouTuber Mahla's Story Time (with 1092 views as of March 12): https://youtu.be/kWvGBI9p9c4, "A paean to play, especially for kids. . . . The vibrant, colorful illustrations help lift each page of spunky narration. The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister will appeal to overachieving kids of all ages, or 4-8." -www.midwestbookreview.com (December 2011), "The illustrator has created beautiful and detailed artwork that really helps emphasize Ernestine and her crazy life. The images are creative and funny. Children . . . will delight in the moral of the story: Sometimes a kid just needs to have time to play, have fun, and exercise only the imagination." -- www.NYJournalOfBooks.com, "Maybe we would do better if we could add some real play back into our hurried lives. Maybe living life to the fullest has to include time to imagine and just be. I love this book; it is a wonderful accomplishment, beautifully – and playfully – illustrated. Bravo!" —Alvin Rosenfield, MD, coauthor, The Over-Scheduled Child, "Gloriously funny illustrations depicting the absurdities of overdoing and over extending." -- Linda Raving Lodding, readandshine.com, "After juggling a different activity each day of her overscheduled life, Ernestine breaks free for a day of playing at the park, reminding kids and adults alike about the importance of including fun and simple childhood wonder on every agenda." - Metro Family Magazine (March 2012), "This book is a joyful and funny reminder to kids and parents alike about the importance and power of play...." Chr(45)Darell Hammond, New York Times best-selling author and CEO of KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to saving play' for America's children. - "...There's great energy in both Lodding's storytelling and Beaky's bright acrylic illustrations. The valuable lesson is all the more effective for being shown, and not preached...." Chr(45)Kirkus Reviews - "...Lodding's prose is studded with punny quips and names... Beaky provides acrylic caricatures that really take off once Ernestine and her nanny start to mix up her schedule...." Chr(45)Publishers Weekly - "Beautifully illustrated and charmingly written... a funny, warm-hearted and insightful story about one child's need and right to play Chr(45) and how she cleverly educates the adults around her about the importance in play in everyday life." Chr(45)Morgan Leichter-Saxby, London- and Cardiff-based lecturer on children's right to free, local, and open-ended play, and blogger at PlayEverything., "Beautiful acrylic illustrations in vibrant colors show the child's myriad activities and frenzied lifestyle. Taking time to play without a schedule is one of the overarching themes here, but Ernestine seems to realize this all along." -- School Library Journal (December 1, 2011), "The illustrator has created beautiful and detailed artwork that really helps emphasize Ernestine and her crazy life. The images are creative and funny. Children . . . will delight in the moral of the story: Sometimes a kid just needs to have time to play, have fun, and exercise only the imagination." -www.NYJournalOfBooks.com, "Beautiful acrylic illustrations in vibrant colors show the child's myriad activities and frenzied lifestyle. Taking time to play without a schedule is one of the overarching themes here, but Ernestine seems to realize this all along." - School Library Journal (December 1, 2011), "The illustrator has created beautiful and detailed artwork that really helps emphasize Ernestine and her crazy life. The images are creative and funny. Children . . . will delight in the moral of the story: Sometimes a kid just needs to have time to play, have fun, and exercise only the imagination." --www.NYJournalOfBooks.com, "Lodding teaches an important lesson . . . without being didactic, but with charming characters and happenings. The brilliant illustrations of Suzanne Beaky are an absolute treat, full of fun and telling details in bright colors. They match the story perfectly. This is a book parents and children alike will enjoy over and over again." --www.CityBookReview.com (January 2012), "This book is a joyful and funny reminder to kids and parents alike about the importance and power of play. . . . Our children will all be happier and healthier if we lessen all those lessons and get out to play." --Darell Hammond, CEO and cofounder of KaBOOM!, "A paean to play, especially for kids. . . . The vibrant, colorful illustrations help lift each page of spunky narration. The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister will appeal to overachieving kids of all ages, or 4-8." -- www.midwestbookreview.com (December 2011), "A paean to play, especially for kids. . . . The vibrant, colorful illustrations help lift each page of spunky narration. The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister will appeal to overachieving kids of all ages, or 4-8." www.midwestbookreview.com (December 2011), "One day overscheduled Ernestine bails on her lessons to do something outrageous: play. The book has a capital 'M' message but also lots of heart. Plus, there's amusement in Lodding's text . . . and in Beaky's acrylics." - The Horn Book (January 2012), "Maybe we would do better if we could add some real play back into our hurried lives. Maybe living life to the fullest has to include time to imagine and just be. I love this book; it is a wonderful accomplishment, beautifully – and playfully – illustrated. Bravo!" —Alvin Rosenfeld, MD, coauthor, The Over-Scheduled Child, "Gloriously funny illustrations depicting the absurdities of overdoing and over extending." --Linda Raving Lodding, readandshine.com, "This book is a joyful and funny reminder to kids and parents alike about the importance and power of play. . . . Our children will all be happier and healthier if we lessen all those lessons and get out to play." —Darell Hammond, CEO and cofounder of KaBoom!, "Beautiful acrylic illustrations in vibrant colors show the child's myriad activities and frenzied lifestyle. Taking time to play without a schedule is one of the overarching themes here, but Ernestine seems to realize this all along." School Library Journal (December 1, 2011), "Illustrations by Beaky . . . a helter-skelter of varying perspectives, diagonal lines, falling objects, and crowded calendars sporting Post-It notes all contribute to the frantic mood of the story. . . . More than enough amusing examples of adult folly in both text and illustration." - Bayviews (February 2012), "One day overscheduled Ernestine bails on her lessons to do something outrageous: play. The book has a capital 'M' message but also lots of heart. Plus, there's amusement in Lodding's text . . . and in Beaky's acrylics." -- The Horn Book (January 2012), "This book is a joyful and funny reminder to kids and parents alike about the importance and power of play. . . . Our children will all be happier and healthier if we lessen all those lessons and get out to play." —Darell Hammond, CEO and cofounder of KaBOOM!, "Lodding teaches an important lesson . . . without being didactic, but with charming characters and happenings. The brilliant illustrations of Suzanne Beaky are an absolute treat, full of fun and telling details in bright colors. They match the story perfectly. This is a book parents and children alike will enjoy over and over again." -- www.CityBookReview.com (January 2012)

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToFirst Grade

SynopsisErnestine is in over her head. Monday through Sunday, Ernestine's week is packed with after-school lessons--tuba, knitting, sculpting, water ballet, yoga, yodeling, and karate. Overwhelmed and exhausted, Ernestine decides to take matters into her own hands and heads off to the park with her Nanny where she builds a fort, watches the clouds, and plays all kinds of unstructured and imaginative games. But when a teacher calls Ernestine's mom to report that she has not shown up for yodeling, her parents search everywhere until at last they hear their daughter's laughter coming from the park. Ernestine tells her parents what a wonderful afternoon she's had, and explains her plight, asking, I like my lessons, but can't I stop some of them? This saga hilariously captures the dilemma of the modern-day over-scheduled child in riotous color and absurd extremes. A delightful heroine, Ernestine will be sure to put "play" back on everyone's agenda, demonstrating that in today's overscheduled world, everyone needs the joy of play and the simple wonders of childhood., Ernestine is in over her head. Monday through Sunday, Ernestine's week is packed with after-school lessons--tuba, knitting, sculpting, water ballet, yoga, yodeling, and karate. Overwhelmed and exhausted, Ernestine decides to take matters into her own hands and heads off to the park with her Nanny where she builds a fort, watches the clouds, and plays all kinds of unstructured and imaginative games. But when a teacher calls Ernestine's mom to report that she has not shown up for yodeling, her parents search everywhere until at last they hear their daughter's laughter coming from the park. Ernestine tells her parents what a wonderful afternoon she's had, and explains her plight, asking, "I like my lessons, but can't I stop some of them?" This saga hilariously captures the dilemma of the modern-day over-scheduled child in riotous color and absurd extremes. A delightful heroine, Ernestine will be sure to put "play" back on everyone's agenda, demonstrating that in today's overscheduled world, everyone needs the joy of play and the simple wonders of childhood.