Waiting (picture book)

Waiting is a children's picture book by American author and illustrator Kevin Henkes. Waiting was published by Harper Collins in 2015.

Waiting
AuthorKevin Henkes
IllustratorKevin Henkes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published2015 Harper Collins
Pages32
ISBN978-0062368430

About the book

Waiting is a 2016 Caldecott Honor book, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book as well as a New York Times best selling book. Waiting teaches children the seasons, new games and friendships. Waiting also teaches children the importance of waiting in ways that children can learn but also have fun while doing so. The author uses very soft touches of brown, green and blue colors to make very soft rounded shapes.[1][2]

Plot

Five toys sit on a windowsill all waiting for something to happen. There is an owl waiting to see the moon, there is a pig with an umbrella waiting to see the rain, there is a puppy with a snow sled waiting to see the snow, there is a bear with a kite waiting to see the wind and finally there is a rabbit looking outside the window just happy to contemplate what is happening outside.[1][3]

gollark: I was going to offer something, but my shimmers all said `no interest` and whatnot.
gollark: Madness.
gollark: I need some way to search my scroll by breed.
gollark: It's amazing how easy it is to accidentally miss each 5min drop by a few seconds.
gollark: Interests field?

References
  1. Parrott, Kiera. "Henkes, Kevin. Waiting." School Library Journal June 2015: 82+. Academic OneFile. Web. 21 Jan. 2016.
  2. Worland, Gayle (January 12, 2016). "New Caldecott honor a historic win for Madison author Kevin Henkes". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved March 25, 2020 – via madison.com.
  3. "Waiting". HarperCollins. Retrieved January 21, 2016.


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