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“The rabbit with stars wasn‘t waiting for anything in particular. He just liked to look out the window and wait.”
“The rabbit with stars wasn‘t waiting for anything in particular. He just liked to look out the window and wait.”
pickPicture Book- Waiting by Kevin Henkes (2015) Caldecott honor-Author uses gentle, muted colors — browns, pinks, green-blue tones — that feel soothing and calm. The pages often have light, neutral backgrounds, which help the toys and small changes outside the window stand out without overwhelming the eye.
Waiting by Kevin Henkes is best for ages 3–7 (Preschool to 2nd grade).Young children can easily follow along, while the quiet tone encourages focus and reflection.
I think this book could be used in many ways in the classroom. It can create conversations about the importance of being patient, and it can also teach about the importance of having a journey rather than just focusing on the destination.
pickThis book revolves around four characters who each are waiting for different things and share their perspectives and experiences. This but teaches children what it means to wait and how waiting can seem like a challenge, but it can lead to big joys and new discoveries.
This book shares the importance and beauty of waiting. It discusses how sometimes your wait is short and other tines it is long, but along the way there is always something new to discover.
pickWaiting by Kevin Henkes was published in 2015. This book won the Caldecott Award in 2016. This book tells the story of five friends waiting by a window. Each friend awaits something different and shares how they discover special gifts along the way.
pickCaldecott Honor
This book tells the story of 5 toys who are all waiting on something as they watch the world change around them through the window.
This book is a great jumping off point for students to discuss changes in the seasons weather, and a fun discussion on what they‘d be waiting for in the window.
“They were happy together, waiting to see what would happen next.”
“Now, there were ten of them. And they were happy together“ This part stood out to me because it shows how welcoming new people can not only make others happy but yourself as well.
The part of the story where it talks about each toy having “their moment“ is a great part for students to see that they can be happy while their friends are enjoying whatever brings them joy and at some point, they will have their moment as well.
pick“Waiting“ by Kevin Henkes was published in 2015 and is a Caldecott Honor book for 2016. It is about different toys that all wait on a windowsill for different things to happen outside. They come across each thing that brings them joy and even have visitors. The theme is all about being patient and everyone is brought joy by different things- waiting is key! The illustrations are timeless and soft but bring so much to the story.
pickCaldecott Medal
Review:
This book has a simple story following 5 animals/toys waiting. Each one has their favorite thing to wait for and some just are happy with their friends. The illustrations are cute and follow along well.
Blurb:
This book would be good for a k-2 classroom. Students can infer what they think about different parts and is good for conversing after,
Quote:
“The rabbit was happy just looking out the window.“
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This MF-S book is ideal for younger students and can be told with little puppets or cutouts. This book is about toys sitting and waiting on a window watching the world happen while they wait to be played with. UDL 1.1 would be good here with a fun way to display the story and EL 17.
pickWaiting is a MF picture book written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. It is the story of patiently waiting for things to happen, there is a great emphasis on imaginative play. Such a cute story that would be great for S with cute puppets or even felt cutouts. This book is winner of the Caldecott Honor and is a Geisel Honor Book. #UCFLAE3414SU20
pickIn this F. “Waiting” by Kevin Henkes is a sweet book about toys sitting on a windowsill waiting to be played with. It won both the Caldecott + Geisel Honor in 2016. I think it would be fun to teach as a S, having the different toys and scene for each toy to tell the story!
I found a great resource to use along with the book, it has discussion questions + activities! https://www.teachingbooks.net/media/pdf/HarperCollins/Waiting_2015.pdf
pickReview: Waiting by Kevin Henkes, 2015, is a Caldecott Honor book about toys waiting for things to happen as they sit on their windowsill.
Blurb: This book has amazing illustrations and not a lotto words because the pictures do the talking. I would use this as a read aloud book since like I said, there aren't many actual sentences.
Quote: “Once a visitor arrived from far away. He stayed a while, then he left and never returned.“
pickWaiting is a F, Caldecott and Geisel award winning book by Kevin Henkes about a stuffed animal pig, bear, puppy, and rabbit waiting by a window for something to happen. This is a great book to teach kids about patience. I think this book would be good as a RA. This video is a good example of a RA of this book: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=89bZv8tEOx4
pickThis fantasy fiction book by Kevin Henkes was a Theodore Suess Giles Honor Book and Caldacott Honor. I think this book would be great for kindergarten or 1st grade. I think that it teaches kids that if you want something sometimes you have to wait for it to happen. I feel like this book also teaches kids not to judge someone by their outside appearances because you never know what is going on with them on the inside. #ucflae3414f19
pickThis was such a cute story with cute illustrations. I think this is a great book to read to little kids! I also think its educational because it talks about weather and how certain objects correspond with the weather. Like an umbrella with rain.
The illustrations were beautiful in this story, I loved all the pastel colors and that's really what drew me into the story.
so-soThis Caldecott honor book was a very cute story about all kinds of creatures who were all waiting! I think this is a sweet story with beautiful animations. I think that this book would be great with younger children but I think that even older children could find joy in.
“Now there were ten of them, and they were happy together. Waiting to see what would happen next.”
pickWaiting is a Caldecott winning book written by Kevin Henkes. This story is all about imagination. The characters are children‘s toys. The book is exciting in a calming way.
This is a cute story talking about being with friends and spending precious time with one another.
pickWaiting by Kevin Henkes is a Caldecott winning book that was published in 2016. There were five characters and each of them were waiting for something different. The owl was waiting for the moon and the the pig was waiting for the moon and the bear was waiting for the wind. The puppy is waiting for the snow and the rabbit wasn‘t really waiting for anything specific. Then there was a cat that was a Russian nesting doll and had 10 total and waited.
pickWhat are they waiting for? 5 of them! They were all waiting for different things. Waiting to use their props. They were all happy once they got what they were waiting for
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