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Crash! A young boy has made a mess, and his mother sends him to his room for a Time Out. But is Time Out really such a punishment? Not when you have a spaceship to board, a starry sky to visit, and a moon to circle around!
With a bedroom full of boxes-turned-spaceship, an off-page mother counting down the Time Out, and a little boy who simply refuses to sit still, this adorable picture book celebrates imagination and brings readers along on a trip through the outer reaches of our planet and our minds.
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Author Notes
Ale Barba (www.AleBarba.com)has been making art with a variety of mediums for as long as she can remember. She has been published in the Spanish language in Mexico, Denmark, and Colombia, and her work has twice been recognized by the National Council for Culture in Mexico. She is also the author of When Your Elephant Comes to Play , which was her U.S., English-language debut. Ale lives in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-The story begins on the cover with a young pig narrator skateboarding down a homemade ramp (an ironing board) in his living room. A resounding CRASH! is heard, followed by a five-minute time-out. As a parent counts down the time and demands that the youngster think things over, the little pig grabs a pencil, draws himself a spaceship, and escapes to navigate new worlds. He gets back in time to hear his parent call "time in" and praise him for his good behavior in time-out. The pig's skateboard is returned, and his satisfied smile leads readers to ponder whether any actual punishment took place. The cartoon-style acrylic art is a good match for the tale's tone, and little touches such as the junk food in the cockpit will amuse readers. VERDICT A fun addition for picture book collections; best shared one-on-one.-Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
This tale about a stint in time out is a standout. It stars a small pig in a striped shirt, and his infraction, shown on the cover, involves skateboarding indoors. An unseen parent's disembodied words form the story's text: "That's it! You're in Time Out." The pig hangs its head, and so does his pet bird. After drawing a sporty red spaceship ("What's going on in there?" asks the parent through the door), pig and bird launch into the cosmos. Astronauts must eat; seen through the porthole, the two blissfully sip milkshakes, surrounded by pizza and popcorn (another view of the ship's interior shows a nice pool). "I hope you're really thinking about it," says the parent, as pig and bird arrive triumphantly on the moon. Barba's (When Your Elephant Comes to Play) artwork weds Miro's palette to James Marshall's glee, and her bold black lines are fueled by imaginative power. In Barba's story, the divide between the world of the child and the world of the parent is unbridgeable, and there's no doubt about which is the better place to be. Ages 3-7. Agency: Prospect Agency. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.