I liked the story of this picture book. As A mom, I struggle sometimes with spending enough time with my 2 year old daughter when I'm already working 40 hours a week and I'm tired by the time I get home and still have to do chores at home. I do try to make as much time as possible for her though and this book puts that into perspective. I can always involve her in what I'm doing so that way she feels like she's helping and also spending time with her mama. Though I wasn't too much of a fan of the illustrations, it was still a very cute book.

I found it very hard to rate children's books so everything is a 5 star read for me!!
I really loved this book, the illustrations are so beautiful and captivating that I found myself smiling through every page I read.
The story itself is very beautiful and inspiring <3

I think that this is a cute story. I love the idea of the little girl creating something to give her time with the people she wants to play with. I do understand that children need that but this story just fell flat for me.

A fun read about making time to have fun with your kids. Bright and colourful illustrations, liked the effort to change traditional gender roles regarding house chores. A fast-paced, lovely read.

Fifi builds a lots of time machine because her whole family is too busy and don't have time to play with her. The Lots of time machine is made up of things from the house that takes her families time, thus taking time away from her. They are very impressed with her machine and in the end make time so they can do things together. A funny book with fun illustrations that move the story alone.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this ARC.

4 stars

Cute story for kids and parents explaining how important t it is to spend family time together! The illustrations were great too!

An adorable book reminding adults to take the time to spend with their children because busy tasks will always be there and can wait until later.

This is such a cute story that's relatable to any kid/family. Fifi just wants to spend time with her family, but they're all busy. There are few words per page that are written speech bubbles, making this easy for a beginning reader. The bright illustrations tell the story and keep you engaged.

ehm... I guess it was an okay story. I didn't really get into it and it's the best I've seen. The solution to the adults being busy seemed very simple and unrealistic.. I wish it had gone just a bit deeper and maybe one of the adults could have apologized and explained, why they are busy all the time.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC copy. This was super cute for kids but also a great reminder for adults on how precious time spent with kids is. A well done reminder to slow down some times.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for the eARC!
The Racoons are too cute throughout this book. This is a cute story about the struggles of when everyone is busy and you need to entertain yourself. I like how the text was done all through dialogue between the characters. The pictures are cute and colorful making the book inviting to read.

Fun read! Follows Fifi who is wanting to play with her family members but every one is busy. This is also a great read for adults with kids to remind them to take the time to include your little ones in your day to day chores and make it fun for them. Drawling are cute and colorful. I loved that the book is just dialogue - makes it easy for someone little to follow along.

My 5 year old daughter LOVED this book. She thought the “tutu on the racoon was the CUTEST EVER”.
We read it once, then went back and read it a second time.
And she said it teaches an important lesson - “you shouldn't always be too busy doing adult stuff to play, you have to make time for the most important thing, to play with your kids!”

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this arc in exchange for my honest review.

This was brilliant!! I loved it so much!

Fifi wants to play with someone other than her dog, but everyone is busy!! So she comes up with the most creative and clever idea to make them play with her. A hilarious and heartwarming part follows until her idea falters and that makes her so sad.. But then everyone decides to involve her in what they were doing so they can be busy together!

This put a big smile on my face and warmed my heart!

Oh this was a cute read! I have four kids that are always wanting time to be played with. I wish I could play with each one but sometimes you just need a Time Machine to get the job done. I loved how all the family came together to play and spend quality time. After reading this my kids wanted to build a fort outside and play.

This was an adorable book for the youngest crowd but also a wonderful reminder to us parents and adults to take and make time for family and especially the kids even when our lives get too busy.

The illustrations weren't my favorite, but I think this is a really cute idea for a story - especially for parents. Pushes us to reflect on how we show up for our kids and the power of jus being present with them. Super cute.

The idea of this book was cute but the format seemed weird to read. The illustrations were cute too. I probably wouldn’t pick this up at the store.

We all remember how it felt as a kid when all we wanted to do was play, but EVERYBODY was busy, busy, busy. Fifi just wants to play, but all of her family is busy doing other things, so she and her dog felix come up with a plan.

This book was cute enough, but I didn't like the overall message of manipulating family to spend time with you. I also think it was a good opportunity to have said, oh felix is bored too, I'll play with my dog! The illustrations left a lot to be desired, but it wasn't *bad*.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC

This was fun and silly. I loved all the bright colors on the illustrations, and so did my six year old daughter.