Little ones, to whom each experience is new, will know what it’s like to dream and wait. “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. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen two Newbery Honorsone for Olive’s Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Millerand Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble.

Timeless, beautiful, and deeply heartfelt, this picture book about imaginative play, the seasons, friendship, and surprises is a Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor Book. Kevin Henkes is an award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. Waiting teaches children the seasons, new games and friendships. About the book edit Waiting is a 2016 Caldecott Honor book, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book as well as a New York Times best-selling book. Waiting was published by Harper Collins in 2015. 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. Waiting is a children's picture book by American author and illustrator Kevin Henkes. 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? Timeless, beautiful, and deeply heartfelt, this picture book about imaginative play, the seasons, friendship, and surprises marks a new pinnacle in Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes’s extraordinary career.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. 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.

What are you waiting for? An owl, a puppy, a bear, a rabbit, and a pig-all toys arranged on a child’s windowsill-wait for marvelous things to happen in this irresistible 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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