The language in this book is really lovely, making it a pleasure to read aloud. The relationship between the text and images is very strong in a way that is really only possible when the author is also the illustrator. The text hints at many of the story’s events, but it is the illustrations - and specifically the characters’ facial expressions - that really convey the book’s beauty and emotion. Each picture depicts the different figurines reacting in subtle ways to what happens outside the window and on the windowsill itself. The pictures in this book are similar in style to Henkes’s other recent picture books like A Good Day, and not as much like his popular mouse books. While some of what comes along is predictable, there are also some surprises. Little ones, to whom each experience is new, will know what it’s like to dream and wait.Five friends - all figurines - stand on a windowsill, each waiting for something. “The short sentences of the text flow with the precision one would expect from a master picture-book creator like Henkes.

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? 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.

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