Description Share Post I’m Very Busy: A (nearly forgotten) Birthday Book Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins) Birthdays are important, aren’t they? The sort of day that should be spent with friends? Thereafter, Bridget looks forward to spending her ‘lovely day- with friends‘. However, when she approaches Royal, he explains how he has ‘people to see and places to see‘. Meanwhile, Rodney’s seeing ‘a man about a dog‘? Then again Regis is ‘washing his hair’ while Penelope’s ‘up to her eyes’ digging a hole. Surely Pearl can include Bridget on her ‘list of things‘? Or is she, too, going to explain that she has other things to do ? Could it be, in fact, that the friends have forgotten Bridget’s birthday? Could this be I’m Very Busy: A (nearly forgotten) Birthday Book, in fact? After Where to Hide a Star, Oliver Jeffers presents I’m Very Busy. The characters and situation are familiar to us, to our experiences. Don’t we each have things to do, reasons to put things off? Might we also forget how important it is to spend time with friends and appreciate the good stuff? What’s more, the story is succinct and touching, while the broad spaces, variety of perspectives and emotional colourings and knowing, intuitive and wonderful. Bookwagon is so happy to welcome aboard I’m Very Busy: A (nearly forgotten) Birthday Book.
