You're Missing It!

by Brady Smith, Tiffani Thiessen, Brady Smith (Illustrator)

Overview

A busy Hollywood couple spins a hilarious cautionary tale about what happens when you are glued to your phone.

It's a lively day at the neighborhood park. Birds are singing, squirrels are frolicking, dogs are causing a commotion--and wide-eyed children are enthralled by it all. Too bad the parents are missing everything! It's going to take something really BIG to get them to disengage from their phones . . .

This timely story, brought to life with beautiful bold art, is a great reminder to slow down and savor time together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780525514435
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	04/30/2019
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	220L (what's this?)
File size:	20 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Tiffani Thiessen is an actress and the author of the cookbook Pull Up a Chair. Her television roles include White Collar, Saved by the Bell, and Beverly Hills, 90210. Currently she stars in the Netflix series Alexa & Katie. You're Missing It! is her first picture book. Brady Smith and Tiffani Thiessen are married with two children, three dogs, eight chickens, and one fish named Goldie Han Solo. They live in the Los Angeles area.

Brady Smith, an illustrator and fine artist, has exhibited his paintings in a number of galleries in Los Angeles, New York City, and Houston. Also an actor and writer, he has appeared in and written numerous TV shows and movies. You're Missing It! is his first picture book. Brady Smith and Tiffani Thiessen are married with two children, three dogs, eight chickens, and one fish named Goldie Han Solo. They live in the Los Angeles area.

Editorial Reviews

Married actors Smith and Thiessen take playful aim at cellphone-addicted caregivers. . . . Smith’s bold pen-and-watercolor illustrations pop with tropical hues that aptly emphasize how vibrant the real world is when compared to a screen. A refreshing and opportune reminder to put down the phone and eye the butterflies.”—Publishers Weekly

“Humorous cartoon artwork . . . vibrant atmosphere. . . . A timely comment on technology's drawbacks in today's society.”—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2019-01-15

Modern-day life tethered to a cellphone prevents caregivers from enjoying the park's natural beauty, observing the unexpected, and reacting to their children's discoveries.

It is a clear, bright spring day, and two children are enjoying the wonder of it all. Dogs run amok and upset their walker as they chase squirrels; flowers drop from a local vendor's cart; there's a newly hatched baby bird, a fluttering butterfly. A little boy wants his father to experience it all with him, but Dad is too busy, never looks up, buried in his screen. "You're missing it!" shouts the boy as his frustration grows over his father's unresponsiveness. But a little girl whose mother is equally absorbed with her phone begins a conversation, and boy and girl share the park's happenings. And then—an escaped rhino from the zoo galumphs through, knocking Dad's phone from his hand and forcing a sudden shocked awareness that results in a loving hug between father and son. " ‘See, Dad?' ‘Oh, yes! I do. I see.' " The humorous cartoon artwork enfolds the sparse narrative in a vibrant atmosphere, completing a message that may be more pertinent for the adult sharing the story than a child reader. The protagonist presents white, and his new friend is a girl of color with afro-puff pigtails. Distressingly, her mother, a woman of color, never looks up, rhino or no rhino.

A timely comment on technology's drawbacks in today's society. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews