patience

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

Introduces patience through examples of everyday situations where this character trait can be used.

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

When Jimmy finds an usual pocket watch that lets him skip ahead in time, he does only the things he thinks are fun, but he soon discovers the wisdom of God's plan for us to experience both the good times and the bad.

Henry the Heron had so much trouble standing still that he could not catch any food to eat, but one day Henry bumped into the Great Blue Heron, who taught him a valuable lesson.

Impatient to grow up, Little Chick learns to appreciate his mother's advice and protection when confronted by an angry rooster. Includes facts about hens and chicks.

Her grandfather finds a clever way to help an impatient young Ethiopian girl get to know her father's new wife.

After learning about the joy of snow from Deer, Squirrel waits impatiently for winter to arrive, but his "waiting" wakes his neighbors Hedgehog and Bear, who decide to help Squirrel find winter so they can go back to sleep.

A boy has a new hat, new mittens, new snow boots, and a new snow suit, but becomes frustrated when he has to wait so long for it to snow.

When an impatient queen longs to taste the delicious but fragile melidrop fruit, two explorers use "Inventiveness, Desperation, and Perseverance" to try to bring it to her.