The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister

If you think you're busy, just take a look at Ernestine's week: tuba with Mr Oompah, yodeling with Little Old Lady Hoo, yoga with Guru Prakesh Pretzel, and more. Her well-meaning, busy parents have packed Ernestine's after-school hours. But Ernestine is about to opt out and do what no Buckmeister has done before: JUST PLAY. Ernestine is in over her head. Monday through Sunday, Ernestines week is packed with after-school lessons--tuba, knitting, sculpting, water ballet, yoga, yodeling, and karate. Overwhelmed and exhausted, Ernestine decides to take matters into her own hands and heads off to the park with her Nanny where she builds a fort, watches the clouds, and plays all kinds of unstructured and imaginative games. But when a teacher calls Ernestine's mom to report that she has not shown up for yodeling, her parents search everywhere until at last they hear their daughter's laughter coming from the park. Ernestine tells her parents what a wonderful afternoon she's had, and explains her plight, asking, "I like my lessons, but can't I stop some of them?" This saga hilariously captures the dilemma of the modern-day over-scheduled child in riotous color and absurd extremes. A delightful heroine, Ernestine will be sure to put "play" back on everyones agenda, demonstrating that in todays overscheduled world, everyone needs the joy of play and the simple wonders of childhood.

Illustrator: Suzanne Beaky

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