This book is about a little girl who talks and talks about all things she has to do in one day that keeps her from reading her book. She overexaggerates everything she has to and by the end of the day she is too tired to read. Procrastinaction is the moral of the story.
I would ask the kids: What is procrastinaction? Did you ever have to do something you really didnt want to do? What do you do to avoid things? ( )

This is a story about, lists, school, babysitting, sleep, baths, chores, and every other thing that makes you too busy to read a book about all of these things. ( )

A young girl recounts all of the reasons in her hectic day that she doesn't have time to read this book. Exasperating and comical, featuring warm illustrations of a multicultural family, I like that this book acknowledges that many children have a lot going on at home and sometimes just can't get to that book or homework assignment, no matter how much they'd like to. ( )

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 ( )