Alex, pick-up time!

Alex, pick-up time!

Alex has finally managed to get the red building block and can now make the tower even taller. He’s putting it on top carefully when his teacher calls out: “Alex, pick-up time!” Alex is happy: Mama! But Alex also wants to go on building the tower. Why does Mom always come at the wrong time? Alex is happy and disappointed at the same time. And then it’s there: the anger.

All parents of day care children are familiar with this: the anticipation of the afternoon together is great---and then this! This picture book shows why picking up day care kids can go so wrong. It does so in a needs-oriented, honest and realistic way.