Skip to content
Responsive image
Vendor
Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories

FIVE MINUTES (THAT'S A LOT OF TIME)(NO, IT'S NOT)(YES, IT IS) (ILLUSTRATION ONLY

Audrey Vernick Olivier Tallec Liz Garton Scanlon

A one-of-a-kind, laugh-out-loud picture book, perfect for any kid who has ever begged or bemoaned, "Five more minutes?!"
Families everywhere will recognize themselves in this clever, hilarious, and completely irresistible picture book. Five minutes is a lot of time... or is it? Well, it depends on what you're doing, of course! Follow one little boy and his family on a very busy day, as he discovers that sometimes five minutes feels like forever--like when you're finishing up at the dentist's office or waiting in line for the bathroom or in the backseat on a long car ride--and sometimes five minutes feels like no time at all--like when you're playing your favorite game or at the tippy top of a roller coaster or snuggling up with a book before bedtime.

Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick have collaborated on two previous picture books: Bob, Not Bob!, which received three starred reviews, and Dear Substitute. Liz is the author of more than a dozen beloved picture books, including the Caldecott Honor book All the World; Kate, Who Tamed the Wind; and Another Way to Climb a Tree. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and their two daughters. Learn more at lizgartonscanlon.com or on Twitter at @LGartonScanlon.

Audrey writes fiction and nonfiction for kids and teens. Her picture books include the critically acclaimed Brothers at Bat, First Grade Dropout, and Take Your Octopus to School Day. She lives near the ocean with her husband, their son, their daughter, and two dogs. Visit her at audreyvernick.com or on Twitter @yourbuffalo.

Olivier Tallec has illustrated many books for children, including Sealed with a Kiss by Beth Ferry and This Book Will Not Be Fun by Cirocco Dunlap. He is also the author of Who Done It? and Louis I, King of Sheep. He lives and works in Paris, France. You can visit him online at http://oliviertallec.fr/
Available products
Book

Published 2019-09-17 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

Comments

Red Tricycle included FIVE MINUTES in a round-up of their Favorite New Kids Books of September: "This adorable book. will be as relatable to parents as it is for the kids." Read more...

Kids will immediately relate and chime in with their own examples of fleeting and interminable intervals.

Certain to please, Five Minutes will have kids and grownups laughing on every page.

Chinese (simpl.): Folio (Beijing) Culture & Media ; French: Mijade Editions ; Greek: Metaixmio Publications ; Japanese: Mitsumura Educational Co ; Korean: Sallim Publishing ; Thai: Nanmeebooks Co.

Brightly says "FIVE MINUTES is worth every second of reading time" and dubbed it one of The Best Children's and YA Books of September 2019. Read more...

FIVE MINUTES is included in NPR'S BOOK CONCIERGE 2019!: "...Olivier Tallec manages to masterfully illustrate boredom and frenzy, and the image of the little boy as he waits five minutes at the post office is snort-worthy." Read more...

Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick play around with this perplexity in "Five Minutes" ... a picture -book validation for any child who has ever chafed at being told "five more minutes" before the end of a fun activity, or groaned at prolonged unpleasantness for the same span... Read more...

Funny and astute, the volume represents five minutes well spent. Read more...

Austin American-Statesman called FIVE MINUTES "playful" and raved about Tallec's emotive illustrations. Read more...

In a trend report on picture books about relativity, School Library Journal's Fuse 8 said "Tallec was clearly the right man for this illustration job." Read more...

An accessible story that entices readers to slow down and enjoy a moment (maybe five?) in its company. Read more...

Certain to please, FIVE MINUTES will have kids and grownups laughing on every page. Read more...