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was an adorable book about how parents need to get off of their phones and pay attention to the world around them, especially their kids! A good message here, but this one unfortunately does miss the mark.
The illustrations are nice, colorful, boldthey would work well for sharing with a group, The story line and text, however, are not especially compelling and lead to a predictable ending, This might work with a preschool group in a storytimeor perhaps more pointedly, with a storytime group including the kind of grownups at whom the message is really aimed.


Thanks to Penguin Young Readers for the review copy, A little boy goes to the park with his dad, But while the boy sees marvels amazing, tender, and down right crazy, his dad is missing everything because he has his eyes glue to his phone.


This is a great read for families today, Whether the phone addict is a child or an adult, they should get the message that there are amazing things to see, and more importantly, to share with those you love if you'll just put the technology down.
This does it in a funny way with a story that starts off quite plausible and ends a bit wildly much to the delight of readers.
Highly recommended. It is sad we need a picture book to remind parents to stop looking at their phones : Dad takes his son to the park but is missing all the sights because he is looking at his phone great book for older children who need to take the time to look around! Really reminded me of the song Cat's In The Cradle by Harry Chapin you have to take the time to give your children your time a very important lesson! Parents put your phones down and pay attention to your kids.
Enjoy the time you have with your kids while you have it, In this book, dad was on his phone while taking his son to the park, Dad missed out on all the great adventures because he was looking at his phone, Love love love the colorful images and message behind the story, Kinda preachy, but with something this important you need that sometimes,
I'm a parent to a feistyyrold, and I am not ashamed to say that if she is preoccupied playing or watching Pooh Bear, I'm gonna be entertaining myself too! However, it baffles me that parents don't pay attention to their kids at the park, it kind of made me hate the dad in this story.
I feel like maybe changing the setting to a living room or something would have been more relateable for some, but the point of a charging rhino works better in a park I suppose lol Great message! Loved the illustrations.
Will his dad finally see the beautiful moments around him The illustrations are just too cute, The squirrels had me laughing through out the book, The colors were so bold and vivid I wish I was inside the book, I think it needed a little more text and interaction, This is a great

book for parents to see that time spent with your child is precious and you should be having adventures outside with your children instead of being on your phone.
Enjoy the outdoors! Absolutely delightful text and illustrations tell the story of a boy's trip to the park with his dad, who is always on his phone.

Technoference is a word MerriamWebster is watching,
"Technoference refers to the interruptions in interpersonal communication caused by attention paid to personal technological devices, "
I absolutely hate this when I see parents on their mobile devices ignoring/passing up those precious opportunities to interact with their children, This book has become a regular book in our reading rotation, My son loves this book so much, We love the story along with the beautiful illustrations, I know as a parent I can DEFINITELY relate to this, With technology today, it is so hard to disconnect and be in the moment with your kids,

Thank you booksparks for the gifted copy I love the idea of the book, The illustrations are full of colorful but too my on the page to look at, Great example of onomatopoeia. The text was disappointing. It followed a realistic theme and then a rhino out of nowhere, I get the point of the rhino finally being what draws the fathers attention away from his phone, but the sense of realism was lost and thus changed the plot for me.
Great idea, but just missed the marked, "You're Missing It!" certainly captures the oftentimes random curiosity of a kid, and the artwork is so vibrant it pops! However, the storyline is a bit difficult to follow, and I am not sure who the authors consider their target audience to be kids or adults.

Good message for parents, Storyline overall okay. Loved the colorful illustrations. Could be good for story time, I checked out this book as a way of helping teens understand the importance of being engaged in real life, and not their phones, It is more geared to parents' use of their phones, but the principle applies to all of us when we are more interested in what is happening on the small screen than what is happening in real life.
WARNING: Before reading this book, make sure youre ready to walkthetalk, Because as cute and hilarious as the artwork is, the message is hardhitting, One of my very favorite movie scenes is from Hook, starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, Theres a point at which Peters wife, Moira, takes his cell phone and flings it out the window in frustration, She gives one of the most heartwrenching speeches that ends with “, . . and you are missing it, ”

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So as I blink the wetness from my eyes, this book is the story of a little boy who goes to the park with his father.
Everything is so bright, cheery, and colorful as the boy sees EVERYTHING happening all around him there are birds, squirrels, dogs, flowers, butterflies, other kids, and even other distracted parents.
While the boy marvels at the world all around him, including an escaped purple rhinoceros, his dad is MISSING, IT. ALL. because he cant look away from his phone, It becomes almost obnoxiously silly to see all that hes missing, Thankfully, the dad eventually realizes whats going on before its too late, Nevertheless, on the final page were left with yet another child running along, trying to get her moms attention since shes on her phone, The illustrations were done with apencil, an eraser, a FaberCastell artist pen, and watercolors,

For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at sitelinkThe Miller Memo! Very colorful and a slightly different taketelling parents to unplug because they are missing life.
However the message is delivered with the subtlety of a sledgehammer and some aspects are a bit ridiculousa purple rhino has escapedso probably for only grades K.
Beautifully illustrated. Nice message. I've accused a few books of being more for parents than for kids books with selfaffirming plattitudes, books with kids being adorable, My point in saying that was that the story was going to resonate with parents rather than with kids, But this book is blatently a moral for parents, As you can guess from the cover, the moral is: GET OFF YOUR PHONE!!! There could be a charging rhino and you wouldn't even notice!

Yes, I am posting this review from my phone while my kids are eating breakfast.
. . What a great reminder to us parents to fully pay attention to our kids, spend some real quality time with them, and ditch the phones so our kids know they have our full attention.
My kidsandabsolutely loved the story, and I've even caught them reading it with their friends and yelling "you're missing it!" A bit preachy, but message well taken, about a little boy out for a walk in the park with his dad who does not look up from his cell phone even after a butterfly, a rhino, a flower, a hatching egg, all appear in front of the kid.
He keeps shouting : "You're missing it!" and finally the dad gets it, but way after we got it for a very long time, The obvious message in this book is for parents to engage more with their children than their phones, Children will respond to the colourful illustrations and I think it is a book that will be best enjoyed in a reading group, It will open up talk about communication between adults and kids, A boy and his dad go to the park, The boy tries to get his dad to see all the wonderful things happening, but his dad just keeps staring at his phone, Something drastic needs to happen to get his attention,

A good reminder to set the phone down and spend some quality time with people in your life, Probably this book is more for parents than kids! Great illustrations and a wonderful reminder to put our phones down and BE in the moment, I wonder how many times I've missed a rhino sneezing in the park because I was checking my Instagram account and not paying attention Probably too many to count! A great early introduction to appropriate behaviour around technology and it's ramifications.
Kids are not the only ones that need to take a tech break, A son takes his dad to the park where lots of amazing events occur, but, . . the dad keeps missing it because his eyes are glued to his phone, Finally, after many attempts, the son gets his dad to participate in their outing, A really good message with a fun delivery, My four year olds loved it, Loved the drawings and they wanted to hear it over and over, That alone is worth the to me! Colourful, exciting art that grabs the attention really makes this book a fun read, The story is simple with few words, but the message is a good one about being present with the ones you love and experiencing things together.
Was most bothered by the kids touching a baby bird and messing around with its nest, At least they're engaged with their surroundings and nature, as opposed to being engrossed in technology but this one just didn't work for me, 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 commotionand wideeyed 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, .