patience

Children relate all of the things that require patience, except waiting for the last day of school.

Anxious to show her painting to a family member, Sara is disappointed to find that everyone is too busy.

Although Mother Bear urges Alfie to be patient and sleep, he cannot wait to see tiny butterflies on the wing and hear baby birds chirp in the trees.

Although Mother Bear urges Alfie to be patient and sleep through winter, he keeps waking up to look for spring.

Simple text and photographs show various ways children can be patient.

Shimmy, the youngest in his family, is upset because it seems he always has to wait for everything, but his mother helps him discover waiting is a part of everyone's life.

A little mouse waits patiently while her fur is combed, until it is her turn, for cookies to cool before eating them, and for her seeds to grow.

A girl waits impatiently as she and her father prepare a surprise birthday party for her mother.