In this realistic fiction, a little girl uses her imagination to show what she would do to tell her dad how much she hated waiting for him after kindergarten. It starts out with her telling the reader her favorite parts about school, then her least favorite part: pick up. She doesn't want to wait anymore, so she dreams up a world where she could tell her dad to wait for her on the moon, then she would do fun things without him, and he would have to wait and wait. Then when she came to get him, he would never be late again to pick her up from school because he knew how she felt. So when the father finally comes to get his daughter, he acts like it was not a big deal. The girl tells him how scared she was, and she lifts him up and puts her on his shoulders, and carries her home, just like in her imagination. ( )

Rule of three, sentence fragments, figurative language. It's all in here. Really loved this book. The subject of a father who consistently doesn't show up to pick up his kindergartener on time is a bummer, but the book is so well written. This is a good read, but expect to want yell or whack the father over the head for being so unapologetically irresponsible. ( )

Genre: Realistic fiction
Media: water colors and collage
Age Appropriateness: primary ( )

Review—

Genre: Realistic Fiction. This book is a fairly good example of what realistic fiction should be. Some of the descriptions as well as the pictures helped this book become believable.

Age Appropriateness: Lower Primary

Characterization: Amber is the protagonist in this book. And over time she learns the importance of waiting for her father to come and pick her up. At the end of the book she has not really changed nor has the reader seen change from the beginning of the story. So she remains to a stagnant character. ( )

The main character in the book is tired of her dad picking her up late so she imagines leaving him alone on the moon while she goes out and does things and leaves HIM there. A lot of students may feel the same way in kindergarten and might really relate to the story. The imagination factor is also one that is super important for children in kindergarten to actually do. Kindergarteners, developmentally, should be participating in make believe. This book is a great ecample of a kindergarten child who is making believe that she can teach her dad a lesson. ( )