patience

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

A young boy who wants to receive mail of his own sends away for an offer he sees on the back of a cereal box.

Though everyone eagerly awaits the rain, it is slow in coming.

Chip starts taking karate lessons to be like the hero of his favorite television show, but his impatience to earn a belt gets in the way of learning the true spirit of karate.

Other animals come and go while Mouse waits patiently for a ripe apple to fall from a tree.

A young boy plants a seed that, with water, sunlight, care, and patience, grows into a strong, tall tree.

Franklin, attending his first meeting of the Woodland Trailblazers, is dismayed to learn it is going to take some time to earn badges, but by the end of the evening, he has had so much fun, he is glad to have a reason to keep coming back.

The Corner Kids learn that it takes patience to teach their dog tricks in time for the community pet show.

When Sara Ann brings home three little kittens, Katie the dog's enthusiasm frightens the kittens away, until she learns that a quiet patience is sometimes needed to begin a friendship.

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.