Over-Scheduled Andrew - Hardcover

Spires, Ashley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1770494847 ISBN 13: 9781770494848

Publisher: Tundra Books, 2016

Synopsis

Debate. French film club. Bagpipes. Can Andrew do it all? From the award-winning creator of The  Most Magnificent Thing comes a book about an charming chickadee who learns – with the help of a “deer” friend - that busy isn’t always better.
Andrew loves putting on plays so he decides to join the drama club at school. Determined to make his performance the best it can be, he joins the debate club to practice his public speaking. He signs up for dance and karate to help with his coordination. Then he's asked to play for the tennis team and edit the school newspaper. Before long he's learning to play the bagpipes, attending Spanish classes and joining the French film club. Suddenly Andrew doesn't have time for anything or anyone else, not even his best friend Edie. And he definitely doesn't have time to sleep. Will Andrew figure out how to balance all his favorite activities and his best friend at the same time? A hilarious look at over-scheduling, a common issue many kids today face.

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About the Author

Ashley Spires, author and illustrator of numerous funny books for children including The Most Magnificent Thing and the Binky the Space Cat series, was born and raised in BC with eight cats and a dog. After spending some time living in Toronto and Saskatoon, she has returned to the BC life, living in Ladner with three cats, one dog and a man. When she is not running or bike riding or over-scheduling herself, she makes children's books, many of which have won numerous awards, including Ontario's Silver Birch Express, the Atlantic Province's Hackmatack, Saskatchewan's Shining Willow and BC's Chocolate Lily Award. Visit Ashley at her website www.ashleyspires.com or follow her on twitter: @ashleyspires The author lives in Delta, BC.

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 3-Andrew (an adorable chickadee) loves acting so much that he joins the drama club. He likes drama club so much that he joins the debate club and karate class and takes ballet to help improve his work on the stage. Because there is so much that interests him and it's hard to say no, things soon snowball from busy to overscheduled as Andrew also joins chess club, the tennis team, the school newspaper, French film club, Spanish classes, and singing lessons and takes up the bagpipe. Soon Andrew is debating his way through karate, dancing through debate club, playing bagpipes on the tennis court, sleeping through his 15 minutes of best friend time and backhanding his chess pieces. Worst of all, he misses his cue for the big play and sleeps through the entire thing. This disappointment is the catalyst he needs, and the next day he (nicely) quits everything except drama and French film club. Now he can focus on the things he loves, including his friends. Spires's digitally rendered illustrations are crisp, clean, and detailed with plenty of white space. They clearly depict the action and add numerous humorous touches. The text placement varies throughout and works perfectly with the flow of the story and pictures. VERDICT Not only cute and funny, this is also valuable subject matter for adults and children to read about. Though one does wonder where Andrew's parents are-maybe too overscheduled to notice?-Catherine Callegari, formerly at Gay-Kimball Library, Troy, NHα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tundra Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1770494847
• ISBN 13: 9781770494848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32