Share Waiting alongside Mo Willems's Waiting Is Not Easy at home or in a classroom-these books about waiting for kids will be enjoyed as picture book stories and also allow kids to explore their emotions about that ultimate frustration: waiting.

Timeless, beautiful, and deeply heartfelt, this picture book about imaginative play, the seasons, friendship, and surprises is a Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor Book.

Waiting is a big part of childhood-waiting in line, waiting to grow up, waiting for something special to happen-but in this book, a child sets the stage and pulls the strings. And the rabbit is just looking out the window because he likes to wait! What will happen? Will patience win in the end? Or someday will the friends stop waiting and do something unexpected? He lives in Madison.What are you waiting for? An owl, a puppy, a bear, a rabbit, and a pig wait for marvelous things to happen in this irresistible and resonant picture book by the New York Times–bestselling and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes.įive friends sit happily on a windowsill, waiting for something amazing to happen. Highly Commended, 2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award ©2015 Cooperative Children's Book Center Time is measured in the repeated refrain of a four-paned window, through which seasons change and change again. The soft, muted illustrations expand on that possibility, further illuminating how the quiet between big moments is as important as the moments themselves. The finely paced narrative expresses and extends the sense of possibility in waiting, whether attached or unattached to expectation. Kevin Henkes’s lyrical picture book is a graceful and perfect interplay between words and images.

But there are always new things to see, occasional visitors, and sometimes delightful surprises. Some waiting is easily fulfilled-the moon shows itself often. An owl with spots waits for the moon, a pig with an umbrella waits for the rain, a bear with a kite waits for the wind, a puppy on a sled waits for the snow, and a rabbit with stars looks out the window in which they all sit, happy to be just be watching. It turns out childhood toys spend a lot of time waiting, too.

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