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!
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 imaginative and funny picture book, with bright illustrations by Brandon James Scott, reminds children—and adults—that discovering the solution to a problem sometimes requires taking a few breaths and slowing down.
Author
Jennifer E. Smith
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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Brandon James Scott
BRANDON JAMES SCOTT is an award-winning Canadian author and artist who makes children’s books and works in animation. He’s the illustrator of over 15 picture books, such as A Bear, a Bee, and a Honey Tree and I Was Born a Baby. He is also the author-illustrator of The Skeleton and the Cat, the first in a series of picture books, and the creator of the award-winning Netflix series, Justin Time. Brandon studied animation at Sheridan College and later joined Guru Studio in Toronto as their Creative Director of Design.
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