"Érase un niño llamado Charlie cuya vida, aunque agradable, no era perfecta, ya que tenía que pasar demasiado tiempo haciendo cosas que no le gustaba hacer. Por eso, un día decidió meter todo su tiempo en una maleta, la cerró bien y fue en busca de una buena manera de emplearlo. Charlie viajó por todo el mundo buscando algo perfecto que le hiciera feliz. Mientras, sin que lo supiera los minúsculos segundos, las horas sedosas y suaves y los días desiguales iban pasando. De modo que, cuando Charlie por fin se dio cuenta de qué era lo que quería de la vida, ya era casi demasiado tarde. Casi. Esta fábula conmovedora y llena de encanto sugiere algo importante que todos deberíamos tener en cuenta: vivir y amar es la mejor forma de emplear el tiempo."--Publisher's description.

"Once, there was a boy named Charlie. He had a pretty nice life ... but it wasn't perfect. So one day he packed up all his time--all his round, squishy years and square, mushy months, down to every itsy-bitsy second--in his suitcase and locked it up safe, said goodbye to his parents, and set off to find something better to spend his time on. Charlie traveled all over the world in search of the perfect thing to make him happy, but that turned out to be much harder to find than he thought. In the meantime, his itsybitsy seconds and silky, smooth hours and raggedy days ticked away and vanished, and soon they added up to weeks and months and years--so that once Charlie stopped his traveling and realized what he really needed out of life, it was almost too late. Almost. A unique story about the relentless search for perfect happiness that preoccupies so many of us."--Publisher's description.