''Waiting'' is a children's picture book by American author and illustrator

Kevin Henkes Kevin Henkes (born November 27, 1960) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. As an illustrator he won the Caldecott Medal for ''Kitten's First Full Moon'' (2004). Two of his books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, ''Olive's Ocea ...

. ''Waiting'' was published by

Harper Collins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp ...

in 2015.

About the book

''Waiting'' is a 2016

Caldecott Honor book The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Servic ...

, a

Theodor Seuss Geisel Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
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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.

References

2015 children's books American children's books American picture books Children's fiction books Caldecott Honor-winning works English-language books Books about bears Books about dogs Fictional owls Books about rabbits and hares Books about pigs Sentient toys in fiction Fictional quintets Children's books about friendship United States in fiction Works about seasons {{child-picture-book-stub