Is it possible to have the hiccups for the rest of your life? In this delightfully fun audiobook, a determined kid who’s good at everything except waiting discovers that being patient and taking a deep breath may be the perfect place to start.
When Max gets a persistent case of the hiccups, she tries everything to make them go away. She tries holding her breath. She tries drinking water upside down. She tries standing on her head and doing a somersault, but nothing works. “The only way to get rid of the hiccups is to wait,” says her grandmother. But Max doesn’t have time to wait!
She wonders if she’ll have the hiccups FOREVER. Soon, her imagination runs wild. What if she sets a record for the longest case of hiccups? Will doctors study her? Will babies stare at her? And what if, when she becomes president, the entire world hears her hiccup? But then, she starts to listen to the leaves rustling in the wind and feels the sun on her face. She takes a breath, she pauses, she waits…and the unexpected occurs.
Jennifer E. Smith’s humorous story will resonate with listeners who have experienced the eternity of waiting and anyone who has had a frustrating case of the hiccups. This imaginative and funny audiobook reminds children—and adults— that discovering the solution to a problem sometimes requires taking a few breaths and slowing down.
"No hiccups here: a charmer about helping a child handle a familiar problem realistically." —Kirkus Reviews
"An aptly gentle look at the connection between the mindful and the somatic." —Publishers Weekly
"Kiddos will giggle as [Max's] fantasies run wild and she imagines how hiccups will affect her future....will help any reader take a moment to breathe, and perhaps, get rid of their hiccups." —The Bulletin
Jennifer E. Smith is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including The Unsinkable Greta James and the young adult novels The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between, both of which have been adapted for film. She earned a master's degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and her work has been translated into thirty-four languages. She lives in Los Angeles.
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Is it possible to have the hiccups for the rest of your life? In this delightfully fun audiobook, a determined kid who’s good at everything except waiting discovers that being patient and taking a deep breath may be the perfect place to start.
When Max gets a persistent case of the hiccups, she tries everything to make them go away. She tries holding her breath. She tries drinking water upside down. She tries standing on her head and doing a somersault, but nothing works. “The only way to get rid of the hiccups is to wait,” says her grandmother. But Max doesn’t have time to wait!
She wonders if she’ll have the hiccups FOREVER. Soon, her imagination runs wild. What if she sets a record for the longest case of hiccups? Will doctors study her? Will babies stare at her? And what if, when she becomes president, the entire world hears her hiccup? But then, she starts to listen to the leaves rustling in the wind and feels the sun on her face. She takes a breath, she pauses, she waits…and the unexpected occurs.
Jennifer E. Smith’s humorous story will resonate with listeners who have experienced the eternity of waiting and anyone who has had a frustrating case of the hiccups. This imaginative and funny audiobook reminds children—and adults— that discovering the solution to a problem sometimes requires taking a few breaths and slowing down.
Reviews
"No hiccups here: a charmer about helping a child handle a familiar problem realistically." —Kirkus Reviews
"An aptly gentle look at the connection between the mindful and the somatic." —Publishers Weekly
"Kiddos will giggle as [Max's] fantasies run wild and she imagines how hiccups will affect her future....will help any reader take a moment to breathe, and perhaps, get rid of their hiccups." —The Bulletin
Author
Jennifer E. Smith is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including The Unsinkable Greta James and the young adult novels The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between, both of which have been adapted for film. She earned a master's degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and her work has been translated into thirty-four languages. She lives in Los Angeles.
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