patience

Young Pamela learns to use the telephone and to recognize an emergency, so when her friend is choking, she is able to dial 9-1-1 and summon assistance.

Illustrations and simple Spanish text explore reasons why children may feel impatient, how to recognize these feelings, and ways to overcome it.

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.