Waiting: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner, (Hardcover)

from melissarochelle

Read on November 22, 2015 Jesse said, "it's a cheaper, hand drawn, knock-off version of Toy Story." This is after he'd already said he liked the drawings and that the elephant made him teary-eyed. The illustrations are beautiful and the story is simple perfection.

from Davis22

This book is deeply seated in some very deep philosophical concepts such as coming into being, death, and an organisms place in the world that is already happening when they are thrown into it. Beautiful and light illustrations complement the narrative in what I call the "Motown Trick" ; outwardl...

from melodyreads

calming, relaxing, fun story about toys in a window

from katelyndraper

A group of toys spends their time waiting. The pig is waiting for the rain. The owl is waiting for the moon. The bear with the kit was waiting for the wind. etc... The book takes them through the seasons and the things the toys are waiting for. The book ends when a russian doll cat joins them. Th...

from ashleytylerjohn

I'm not the target market. That said, there are some picture books which would garner 5 stars from me, no question. From an adult perspective, this was a pleasant enough, brief story, with some charming drawings, but nothing so spectacular, so moving, so deft in execution, or so spellbinding in s...