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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

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

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! 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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

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!

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Linda Ravin Lodding works abroad in media and public affairs for the United Nations.Suzanne Beaky is the illustrator of the Hailey Twitch chapter book series and several picture books. She is a recipient of theEllen Dolan Memorial Mentorship Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators in Missouri. She lives in Kirksville, Missouri.

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