A girl's everyday life is so filled with tasks and activities that she never gets around to finishing this book. Shows clock faces and times during the day associated with different events in a typical day.

The little schoolgirl in this story leads such a busy life that she will, never, ever, ever, ever have enough time to read her book (which is, cleverly enough, “this” book – the same book which you are reading). As she leads us through the many things she has to do during her day – from putting on mittens to calling all her friends to tell them that she is worried that she will never have enough time to read her book – her family members wander in and out of the story commenting and offering random bits of advice. Aside from her father, none of her other family members are named although they all live together in the same house.

The family is a wonderfully eclectic mix with members ranging from elders to a baby and including at least three different races, and the scenes where they sit down to a busy dinner together are a real joy to behold. This is a great book for showing the different shapes that a happy family can take – and for showing that dads can cook! – without belaboring the point. Reviewed by Book Dads ( )