Mom's Busy Days

My mom is really busy! Mom can do a thousand things at the same time. But sometimes, Mom says time flies by too fast. So Mom finds the time to be just with us!

Maggie and Ethan's mom has a busy schedule filled with packing lunches, carpools, and work emails. When Maggie and Ethan seem to be growing up too quickly, their mom slows time down with a tickle fight, watching the clouds float by, or taking a family walk in the woods.

A Note to Parents and Caregivers by Julia Martin Burch, PhD, provides strategies for creating and savoring family time amid a busy schedule.

Elise Raucy was born in February 1978 in Medan, Indonesia. Adopted at the age of two months, she lived a happy childhood and joyful adolescence in Virton, Belgium. She developed a love of reading as a child and borrowed hundreds of books from the local library, devouring everything that she could get her hands on. She later discovered her love of writing. From poems to songs, short stories to writing competitions, she is passionate about playing with words. She is also a translator.

Estelle Meens was born on August 11th, 1976 in Hermalle-sous-Argenteau, Belgium. She studied illustration at the Saint Luc Institute in Liège. She has published several children's books and has been working as a painter since 2006.

This book is part of the Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Social Emotional Learning Collectionopens in new window. Free resources, including puzzles and word games, designed to enhance both literacy skills and socioemotional engagement of young readers