Maxie

by Mildred Kantrowitz

Book Overview

On the day Maxie stays in bed because she thinks her dull routines are of no use to anyone, she discovers how many people rely on her performing them. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819303720
• ISBN13: 9780819303721
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Parents Magazine Press
• Length: 33 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Everyone is needed in His/Her own way!

This is a wonderful story about a older woman who lives by herself (but with her pet cat & bird) in a city apartment. She does the same things every day at the same time but starts to feel lonely and unimportant. Unbeknownst to her, everyone around her tells time by Maxie! When Maxie doesn't bother to wake up in the morning to open her shades, get the milk from the stoop, and make her tea in the whistling pot, the neighbors and mailman are thrown off schedule and become worried. They all start trooping up to Maxie's apartment until there's 17 people, three dogs and two cats all waiting for Maxie to open her door! When she didn't answer the door they all went in an called a doctor, worried because Maxie was still in bed. By the time the doctor arrived there was 42 grown-ups and 11 children in Maxie's living room! The doctor examines Maxie and comes out of her bedroom to announce that Maxie isn't really sick; she's just lonely and doesn't feel needed. Maxie is amazed to find all her neighbors wondering where she was as they tell how they depend on her to keep their schedules. This makes Maxie feel needed and she is happy then to get up and keep her routine from then on! A wonderful story in an urban setting that helps children learn about older people and lonliness.