Stop the Clock! - by Pippa Goodhart (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

When Mr. Khan asks the children to paint what they saw on their way to school, Joe notices his baby sister is crying in the picture. He stops the clocks and goes back to the street to find out why... This sweet story reminds us to slow down, take a breath and notice the small details in our busy everyday life.

Review Quotes

"When a harried classroom teacher (rush-sketched in charcoal) tells a boy (shown in color) that he's out of time to finish his picture of what he saw on his dash to school, the boy has a meltdown...And he notices what made his sister blue, too." - New York Times

About the Author

Pippa Goodhart is an award winning, bestselling children's author from Cambridge, UK. Pippa began her career in books with a Saturday job at Heffers bookshop in Cambridge, later becoming manager of their Children's Bookshop. She has taught writing for children at degree level at Nottingham Trent and De Montfort Universities and has taken part in literary festival sessions, including at the Edinburgh Book Festival.