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Too Busy Marco (2010)

by Roz Chast(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1416984747 (ISBN13: 9781416984740)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

review 1: I think something gets lost in this book. The intent is well-meaning and I actually like that Marco wants to do sooooo much stuff. Because I've been there, and I get the sentiment only too well.What I don't get is why Marco is an anthropomorphic parrot who appears to have a human parent/guardian urging him to bed. Yet Marco also has an uncle who is a parrot . . . so I'm just not sure what the author is envisioning this bird's family is like. On top of that, throw in a talkative anthropomorphic alarm clock constantly offering comments and it gets a little much.It's cute though, and the drawings are hysterically imginative.
review 2: Anybody trying to put a little one to sleep knows that bedtime is the equivalent to new explorations or creative stalling. In c... moreartoonist Roz Chast's Too Busy Marco that is just what little Marco does. As bedtime nears, Marco finds that he is not tired and must explore his big dreams. He finds that has to paint, explore fish underwater, explore painting underwater and that there is too much to do and that bedtime cannot be an option! Eventually Marco finally goes to bed where he dreams of skateboarding through the cosmos with space monkeys.Such a cute book! Bedtime remains a chore in my house. My tween always has one more thing she needs to do, one thing more to share with me or one more anything to get five more minutes that she claims that she needs. And working with parents and their little ones this book strikes me as that time before napping where new things MUST be explored and sleep is merely something that will get in the way.My first look through I didn't really care for the cartoons; there seemed to be too much going on on each page. But as I read the book again I found that the frantic look and feel of the pictures reflects what kids are thinking when they hear the phrase, "It's bedtime" when there is still so much to do.General considerations?This book was really sweet. Unlike the soothing Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown or Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang this book reflects what bedtime is: a race to stall. This book has a good plot, its fun and funny, the characters are believable. My favorite page is his request, demand, appeal for Five teeny-tiny, eentsy-weensty,bitsy-witsy, small, little miniature, microscopic, shrimpy, measly minutes! less

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