I'm Very Busy by Oliver Jeffers

I'm Very Busy by Oliver JeffersA poignant and laugh out loud funny story about our busy lives and how we can fix our mistakes to show our friends how much we care. It's Bridget's birthday, and she thinks it would be fun to spend the day with friends. But Royal has places to go, Rodney has to see a man about a dog, Regis has to wash his hair and Pearl has a list of items she needs to cross off as quickly as she can. Bridget's friends are all too busy to hang out! Will Bridget have

Rupert and the dogs strike out across treacherous ice and freezing oceans

A LOCAL MYTH

such secrets as it can reveal

a bird and a frog

and the love that persists even after death

As the leader of the local Union

and his mother's story of clandestine love

'it's almost as if I am looking at the earth with a bird's eye view- the birds suggest new ways of telling stories about the earth

we will be introduced to:The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years agoThe son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeralThe man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marryThe old detective who never gave his wife that gift

But he's got another reason to return home he's working to broker a deal with a mining company to dig up his own sacred land and hopefully get them all out of poverty forever

Suitable for children with writing difficulties aged approximately 7 to 12

Will Bridget have to spend her birthday all alone