Books with title Just a Minute

Far more than just another picture book, Just a Minute couples a delightfully zany story with a fact-filled look at just what can occur in the course of a minute — or an hour, a day, a month, or a year. The story follows Gary, who’s a mere 5 million minutes old, throughout his day, which takes some decidedly unusual turns involving a monkey caper, animals escaping from the zoo and crashing a movie set, and bounteous backyard hi-jinks before the animals can be rounded up and safely returned to their enclosures. As readers hop aboard for the ride, they learn many facts, featured in colorful pop-ups, about what can happen in a minute in the world all around them. With Jeff Szpirglas’ wacky humor on full display, Just a Minute taps into children’s sense of fun while offering an accessible, well-researched look at the meaning of time. A helpful time-facts index is included at the back of the book.

Piggy wants his mommy to read him a story, but she's busy and tells him to wait "just a minute." As the minutes drag on, Piggy finds ways to amuse himself, ways that only a long-suffering parent with an impatient toddler can tryly appreciate. Join Piggy and his mommy in this hilarious and universal experience, uniquely depicted in Jung-Hee Spetter's fresh and frantic paintings.

Piggy wants his mommy to read him a story, but she's busy and tells him to wait "just a minute." As the minutes drag on, Piggy finds ways to amuse himself, ways that only a long-suffering parent with an impatient toddler can tryly appreciate. Join Piggy and his mommy in this hilarious and universal experience, uniquely depicted in Jung-Hee Spetter's fresh and frantic paintings.

68 stories that will inspire you to bless a child's life. Do you remember that one moment (or maybe there were several) that changed your life when you were a child—and shaped part of who you are today? Does it bring a smile to your face? Tears to your eyes? A wistful gaze back through time? We all have those stories and we can all, now, make those stories happen! All it takes is one moment out of your busy day, and you can be that someone in the life of the very next child who comes across your path. It may be your own son or daughter. Or perhaps it’s the child down the street playing soccer. Or maybe it’s the one having a meltdown in the grocery store. Listen on for story after powerful story of lives changed because someone took just a minute to really connect in the life of a child. Stay alert—you never know when your opportunity will come.

Just Ten Minutes (JTM) is the first in a series of adventures starring fourteen year old heroine Emma Coates and her friend Joshua Thomas. This social sci-fi novel draws in young and adult readers alike into an exciting and imagination rejuvenating adventures. Written to rekindle a love of reading, fill readers with hope for the future, give them confidence to make the right decisions, and the impetus to get them talking with friends, teachers, and parents about taking active roles as citizens in our society.The book also provides material to support educators by including a companion activity/discussion guide. This can make classroom reading of Just Ten Minutes the right stimulus for thought provoking projects and discussions. In the series, Emma and Joshua are portrayed as real people, living slightly in the future. Through their adventures, they and the reader learn about responsibility, power, love, friendship, trust, and more through a thrilling, page-turning adventure story.