Five More Minutes

Marta Altés author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:28th May '20

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The perfect book for busy children and tired dads everywhere!

'A witty, big-hearted book' - Guardian

The perfect book for Father's Day from the uniquely talented, award-winning picture book creator, Marta Altés, author of Little Monkey. A brilliantly funny, sweet story about time, how we spend it, how it passes and how we can share it together. Perfect for busy children and tired dads everywhere!

Time is a funny thing. Dad talks about it a lot, but I think I know more about time than he does.


A little fox gives his time-starved dad some sage advice about what 'time' really means, and how to make the most of it, from bath time to baking time to 'dad' time. Wise, witty and full of honest vignettes of family life, Five More Minutes is a from bestselling author-illustrator, two times CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal nominee and BookTrust Time to Read favourite, Marta Altés.

'Utterly relatable for anyone with a young family' - BookTrust
'A wise, witty story, full of acutely observed vignettes of family life' - Just Imagine

A witty, big-hearted book. * Guardian *
Utterly readable for anyone with a young family. * BookTrust *
A wise, witty story, full of acutely observed vignettes of family life. * Just Imagine *
Introduces the tricky concept of time [in] a colourfully illustrated portrait of all-too-recognisable domestic life. * The Evening Standard *

ISBN: 9781509866038

Dimensions: 280mm x 224mm x 6mm

Weight: 186g

32 pages