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Five More Minutes

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The perfect book for Father’s Day from the uniquely talented, award-winning picture book creator, Marta Altes, author of Little Monkey . A brilliantly funny, sweet story about time, how we spend it, how it passes and how we can share it together. Perfect for busy children and tired dads everywhere!

Time is a funny thing. Dad talks about it a lot, but I think I know more about time than he does.

A little fox gives his time-starved dad some sage advice about what ‘time’ really means, and how to make the most of it, from bath time to baking time to ‘dad’ time. Wise, witty and full of honest vignettes of family life, Five More Minutes is a from bestselling author-illustrator, two times CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal nominee and BookTrust Time to Read favourite, Marta Altes.

Our Review Panel says...

Time can be a difficult topic for children to get their heads around – not only is reading a clock tricky but the way that people talk about time can be confusing. Five More Minutes is narrated by a young fox cub who tells us all about the ways that his dad talks about time and how he can find this confusing and contradictory- e.g. “we have no time”, “time goes very fast”. The voice of the young cub is realistic and conversational. Young children will be able to relate to the idea of being told “it’s time to go” when they feel that they’ve only just begun to play.

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