HOME BY FIVE

by Ruth Wallace-Brodeur ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30, 1992

The rink closes at 4:30, and Papa says there will be no excuses for being late--it's only a four-block walk. Rosie does her best--she doesn't go into the bakery or slide on the ice--but she does have a knot in her skate lace, lingers while pondering a rhyme she makes up about a cat in a window, and takes in Mrs. Damon's newspaper so that it won't get snowed on. Half an hour late! Happily, Mama and Papa accept her explanations and come up with a solution to her tardiness: a watch. Perceptive and simply told, a warmhearted story appropriately illustrated with gentle impressionistic paintings.

Pub Date: Sept. 30, 1992

ISBN: 1442414383

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry/Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1992

Categories: CHILDREN'S