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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 9, 2018

Liked this book......and so did my grandchildren. And since we don't see them often, we can read it again, and again, or, as time passes have them read it to us.....Good read!

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Joey

Product is beautiful

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 14, 2018

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Beautiful book

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Chevy Stevens

Simple and Delightful

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 21, 2016

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My daughter has tons of books, but this is her favorite one of all.

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Han

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 4, 2016

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Beautiful illustrations. A very precious book!

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Lynn A. D.

a sweet story

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 28, 2016

This is an adorable picture book, such a sweet story. All the little toys are lined up on the windowsill, each waiting for something different.

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Claudia Rivera

Nice book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 7, 2023

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I like it but I got it as a present for someone else.

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Solid book... but not for the Kindle

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2015

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I purchased this book for my daughter and read it on the Kindle app -- reading books on the Kindle is the toddler's new 'thing' - I have to say I'm wholly to blame for starting this habit and I've spent quite a bit of money on books for the Kindle in recent weeks -- since starting this trend I've found that many books aren't suited for the Kindle, in my opinion this is one of those books -- Now one can argue that no books are suited for the Kindle, maybe you just like the aesthetic of the printed page? -- and maybe that's me -- but I don't think this book can be done justice on a Kindle -- and with that said, it's not worth the current price to purchase it for that medium.

Summary: Several small toys/knick knacks if you will, sit on a windowsill waiting for something or nothing at all --

I do think the book is worthwhile, it's not a classic by any means -- but it has a thoughtful voice, one in which a lesser writer could not have achieved in so few pages --I found the book engaging, wondering what will happen with each toy as their waiting ends - well I have to say I was a bit disappointed on most fronts, I guess I was expecting something more clever... but possibly I just got a face full of reality, the book is sort of melancholy so I guess it works-- now that's my opinion -- the toddler was a little less impressed, this so far has been a one read book(that very well may change) and with that I circle around to the cost of the Kindle version -- she was engaged throughout the reading, no flying off my lap or engaging in other activities, but she didn't shout Again!! as she usually does when really excited about a story -- So in the end, if I'm going to have a one read book, I probably would have preferred something more tangible -- I would give this book 3 and a half stars, but for the strength of the writing, I think I can round up -- plus, I truly did like it...

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Scottie W.

Beautiful book with calming message

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2022

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I love Kevin Henkes’s artwork. Be sure to also read _Little White Rabbit_ and _Old Bear_. This is a simple story with a great message, that you never know what unexpected things you might see or experience while you are “ just waiting.” I almost gave 5 stars bc I’d like to give a 4.8 — I wish that the ceramic elephant didn’t break and I find the sentence accompanying this to be unsatisfying. If Henkes wanted to point out that not all of what you see and experience will be happy, it seems this could have been done in a different way. Still, the book is gorgeous and the story is so calming. We’ve had this for years and my 7-yr-old son still enjoys it.

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Brian Morris

Forget everything you know about "kids" books. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2016

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When I first picked up my copy of the nationally acclaimed book Waiting, I wasn't sure what to expect. Prepare to enter into Henkey's world; this golden egg hatched from a stellar production team and an all-star cast. Pig, Bear, Dog, Rabbit, and Owl; this motley crew will give you glimpse into the secret lives of stuffed animals and toys left to their own devices by a windowsill.

Nominated for a Golden Globe in 2014 for her performance in National Geographic's "Owls, who gives a hoot?", Owl's performance in "Waiting" left me breathless; she manages to capture the feeling bestowed by the inexorable arrival of the moon each night, which is indeed a lunar beauty, yet also imperfect, pocked and marred, an allegory to Owl's psyche.
The consternation on Pig's face as she waits for rain embodies the unease of an uncertain future.

Dog represents patience and tolerance; unrelenting, he prepares for the brutal, yet inevitable winter.

Bear; he represents adaptation. As the winds of change ebb and flow, he wields his trusty kite; it is both his shield and armament. While mastering the forces which dominate his environment, his rise, and ultimate fall, remind us all that while we may conform to nature's tenets, we are truly slave to their fickle whims.

Rabbit represents virtue; his mind is clear, his heart, pure. Unclouded by the wants and the desires of the others, Rabbit serves to illustrate what often evades each and every one of us; when one abandons worldly desires, true peace is discovered. She waits for nothing; she waits for everything.

The novella climaxes as Elephant, an effigy of dark romanticism, spends fleeting moments conspiring with the group. Elephant's demise represents the rejection of outsiders. I challenge you to examine both your own heart, of those of the characters; do you see yourself, slowly, inch by inch, urging, compelling, Elephant towards the edge? Are we no different than the characters in the book, flawed?

Sit down before you begin; Waiting takes you on a journey you'll never forget, and have you yearning for more.

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D. Person

Sweet book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2022

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I have been a fan of Kevin Henkes children’s books for over 20 years!

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