Time for Us

Illustrated by Maria Diaz Perera
Hardcover
$17.99 US
On sale Sep 10, 2024 | 32 Pages | 978-0-7440-9818-1
From Rebecca Walker, mother, and bestselling author, comes Time for Us - her debut children’s book dedicated to the precious time we spend together.

To Jackson, Mama is the most important person in the world. But when she has to work, his imagination can only keep him entertained for so long. Who else can he share everything
with, from the tallest tree to the tiniest hummingbird?

But when their "time for us" begins, Jackson can show Mama the amazing world around them - ants making their homes, mangoes turning from green to orange, the biggest tree he has ever seen... And their love for each other grows with every moment they spend together.

Drawing on Rebecca's own experience of being a working mother struggling to make time for her son, this charming story is inspired by the theory that just 20 minutes of quality time a day between caregiver and child benefits their relationship in multiple ways.
Rebecca Walker has received numerous awards and accolades for her writing and activism. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications; in addition to the international bestseller Black, White, and Jewish, her books include Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence, and the anthologies To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism, which has become a standard text in gender studies courses around the world, and What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine the Future. A popular speaker at universities and in business settings, Walker teaches the art of memoir at workshops and writing conferences internationally. She lives in Hawaii. View titles by Rebecca Walker

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From Rebecca Walker, mother, and bestselling author, comes Time for Us - her debut children’s book dedicated to the precious time we spend together.

To Jackson, Mama is the most important person in the world. But when she has to work, his imagination can only keep him entertained for so long. Who else can he share everything
with, from the tallest tree to the tiniest hummingbird?

But when their "time for us" begins, Jackson can show Mama the amazing world around them - ants making their homes, mangoes turning from green to orange, the biggest tree he has ever seen... And their love for each other grows with every moment they spend together.

Drawing on Rebecca's own experience of being a working mother struggling to make time for her son, this charming story is inspired by the theory that just 20 minutes of quality time a day between caregiver and child benefits their relationship in multiple ways.

Author

Rebecca Walker has received numerous awards and accolades for her writing and activism. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and publications; in addition to the international bestseller Black, White, and Jewish, her books include Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence, and the anthologies To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism, which has become a standard text in gender studies courses around the world, and What Makes a Man: 22 Writers Imagine the Future. A popular speaker at universities and in business settings, Walker teaches the art of memoir at workshops and writing conferences internationally. She lives in Hawaii. View titles by Rebecca Walker

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