While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat

by Amy Reichert

Book Overview

Rrrring Rrrring While Mama has a quick chat with Uncle Fred, Rose is supposed to be getting ready for bed. And she tries. She really does. But downstairs someone's yoo-hooing, and the doorbell keeps ringing. Soon the house is full of wild guests and weird foods, magic and music. And Mama is still on the phone What's a little girl to do? Rose finds out, and so will you, in While Mama had a Quick Little Chat.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689851707
• ISBN13: 9780689851704
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.5" x 12.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Delightful Bedtime Story

My daughter loves me to read this book before she goes to bed. We got it out of the library and now I'm adding it to her birthday and holiday wishlist. It's definitely a "keeping" book as my son and daughter like to say. The illustrations are expertly done, capturing the story so well. Highly recommend this book!

Great Giggler Book!

My 3 kids laughed through this whole book! They say it is just like me when I talk to my sister.

Enchanting story for young and old alike

Ms. Kleven's review is right on the mark. This book is beautifully written and visually beautiful, too. The splendor of the illustrations captures the ebullient spirit of the clever story. This book is fun and will appeal to children and their parents, alike.

just one more minute.......

A grand tale for so many of us who, as children, are often frustrated in our efforts to get our mothers off the phone and who, as adults, are often frustrated by our children's efforts to get us off the phone....a frolicking fantasy with words that roll off the tongue and illustrations that amuse and delight! Wonderful! Can't wait for my children to get off the phone so that I can call my friends to recommend this lively, lovely book!

Funny, refreshing new offering.

This is a book that will resonate with both children and their Mamas and Papas. Any adult who has ever been "busy", and any child who has ever felt ignored will find comic relief in spunky Rose's outrageous, delightful adventures. The author has a sensitive, funny awareness of children and parents, and her irreverent yet empathetic take on domestic life is most refreshing. The beautifully drawn illustrations add flare and grace to the story. Bravo to Reichert and Boiger -- encore, please!