''Waiting'' is a children's picture book written and illustrated 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 Oce ...

. ''Waiting'' was published by

HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...

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 Service ...

, 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 Children's books about bears Children's books about dogs Children's books about owls Children's books about rabbits and hares Children's books about pigs Short stories about sentient toys Fictional quintets Children's books about friendship Works about seasons English-language children's books {{child-picture-book-stub