A Child Is Waiting

Author : Kevin Henkes
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062430912
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waiting written by Kevin Henkes and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are you waiting for? An owl, a puppy, a bear, a rabbit, and a pig wait for marvelous things to happen in this irresistible and resonant picture book by the New York Times–bestselling and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes. Five friends sit happily on a windowsill, waiting for something amazing to happen. The owl is waiting for the moon. The pig is waiting for the rain. The bear is waiting for the wind. The puppy is waiting for the snow. And the rabbit is just looking out the window because he likes to wait! What will happen? Will patience win in the end? Or someday will the friends stop waiting and do something unexpected? Waiting is a big part of childhood—waiting in line, waiting to grow up, waiting for something special to happen—but in this book, a child sets the stage and pulls the strings. Timeless, beautiful, and deeply heartfelt, this picture book about imaginative play, the seasons, friendship, and surprises is a Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor Book. Share Waiting alongside Mo Willems's Waiting Is Not Easy at home or in a classroom—these books about waiting for kids will be enjoyed as picture book stories and also allow kids to explore their emotions about that ultimate frustration: waiting. “The short sentences of the text flow with the precision one would expect from a master picture-book creator like Henkes. Little ones, to whom each experience is new, will know what it’s like to dream and wait.”—ALA Booklist

Author : Belle Boggs
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1555979459
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Waiting written by Belle Boggs and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant exploration of the natural, medical, psychological, and political facets of fertility When Belle Boggs's "The Art of Waiting" was published in Orion in 2012, it went viral, leading to republication in Harper's Magazine, an interview on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show, and a spot at the intersection of "highbrow" and "brilliant" in New York magazine's "Approval Matrix." In that heartbreaking essay, Boggs eloquently recounts her realization that she might never be able to conceive. She searches the apparently fertile world around her--the emergence of thirteen-year cicadas, the birth of eaglets near her rural home, and an unusual gorilla pregnancy at a local zoo--for signs that she is not alone. Boggs also explores other aspects of fertility and infertility: the way longing for a child plays out in the classic Coen brothers film Raising Arizona; the depiction of childlessness in literature, from Macbeth to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; the financial and legal complications that accompany alternative means of family making; the private and public expressions of iconic writers grappling with motherhood and fertility. She reports, with great empathy, complex stories of couples who adopted domestically and from overseas, LGBT couples considering assisted reproduction and surrogacy, and women and men reflecting on childless or child-free lives. In The Art of Waiting, Boggs deftly distills her time of waiting into an expansive contemplation of fertility, choice, and the many possible roads to making a life and making a family.

Author : Vernon L. James, MD
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN 13 : 1681814242
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child is Waiting written by Vernon L. James, MD and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing true stories from his pediatric practice, Dr. Vernon L. James sheds light on “attacks” made on children that rob them of their right to reach their highest potential. Children are vulnerable to attacks from the moment of conception and throughout their lives. These attacks include flawed chromosomes or genes, infectious diseases, starvation, neglect, cancer, abuse, and a toxic environment. By increasing our knowledge, we are able to guarantee children their rights to happiness and joy, and to good health and proper medical treatment. All the “stars” in the book are real children and families from the author’s over 50 years in medicine. Their conditions are described in story fashion. “Many parents and teachers have requested that I write this book. I became emotionally involved as I recalled each child and their family. When finished, I was rewarded in knowing that I might have touched at least one person to become an advocate for a child. As a poor kid ‘raised by a village’ in North Carolina, I feel blessed knowing that I have reached out and helped many, many children during my 80-plus years.”

Author : United States. Children's Bureau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Child is Waiting written by United States. Children's Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cindy Champnella
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312309640
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Waiting Child written by Cindy Champnella and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-03-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Champnella pens the inspiring true story of a four-year-old Chinese orphan who convinces her adoptive American family to return to China and rescue her "baby"--a little boy who had been under her charge at the orphanage.

Author : Eric Carle
Publisher : Harper
ISBN 13 : 9780062953520
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Are Ready! written by Eric Carle and published by Harper. This book was released on 2020 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bold illustrations and easy-to-read text encourage children who are going out into the world to spread their wings, knowing they have everything they need inside them.

Author : Kiley Frank
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101994371
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tomorrow Is Waiting written by Kiley Frank and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A touching, timeless book about a parent's everlasting love for their child--and all of the potential their child has within. Tonight as you sleep A new day stirs Each kiss goodnight Is a wish for tomorrow... As a child dreams, their parent imagines everything they will someday be: independent and imaginative, kind and courageous, a listener and a leader. And each hopeful, heartfelt wish is paired with a a promise of love. Tender and moving, Tomorrow Is Waiting is a modern celebration of the dreams we have for our children for finding their place in the world, and for how they will make it a better world. A perfect gift for baby showers, birthdays, and graduation, it's a book that will be treasured, passed down, read and loved--again, and again, and again.

Author : Lauren Oakey
Publisher : Belle Isle Books
ISBN 13 : 9781953021045
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waiting for Adeline written by Lauren Oakey and published by Belle Isle Books. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mama and Daddy bring home a new baby, Adeline, big sister Alice isn't too sure about her. At first, there's too much crying, and later, Adeline struggles to speak. But as Alice watches her sister grow, she comes to realize that words aren't the only way to understand her. Waiting for Adeline is a story of patience, connection, love, and the bonds that can grow from adversity.

Author : Leslie Connor
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061881643
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waiting for Normal written by Leslie Connor and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School Library Journal Best Book * ALA Notable Children’s Book * New York Public Library’s “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing” * Chicago Public Library Best of the Best * Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choice * Connecticut Book Award Winner * American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award Winner This poignant and joyful novel is filled with meaningful moments and emotional resonance. Addie is waiting for normal. But Addie's mother has an all-or-nothing approach to life: a food fiesta or an empty pantry, her way or no way. Addie’s mother is bipolar, and she often neglects Addie. All-or-nothing never adds up to normal, and it can't bring Addie home, where she wants to be with her half-sisters and her stepfather. But Addie never stops hoping that one day, maybe, she'll find normal. “A heroine with spunk and spirit offers an inspiring lesson in perseverance and hope. First-rate.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Author : Tyler Perry
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812989341
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Higher Is Waiting written by Tyler Perry and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this intimate book of inspiration, Tyler Perry writes of how his faith has sustained him in hard times, centered him in good times, and enriched his life. Higher Is Waiting is a spiritual guidebook, a collection of teachings culled from the experiences of a lifetime, meant to inspire readers to climb higher in their own lives and pull themselves up to a better, more fulfilling place. Beginning with his earliest memories of growing up a shy boy in New Orleans, Perry recalls the moments of grace and beauty in a childhood marked by brutality, deprivation, and fear. With tenderness he sketches portraits of the people who sustained him and taught him indelible lessons about integrity, trust in God, and the power of forgiveness: his aunt Mae, who cared for her grandfather, who was born a slave, and sewed quilts that told a story of generations; Mr. Butler, a blind man of remarkable dignity and elegance, who sold penny candies on a street corner; and his beloved mother, Maxine, who endured abuse, financial hardship, and the daily injustices of growing up in the Jim Crow South yet whose fierce love for her son burned bright and never dimmed. Perry writes of how he nurtured his dreams and discovered solace in nature, and of his resolute determination to reach ever higher. Perry vividly and movingly describes his growing awareness of God’s presence in his life, how he learned to tune in to His voice, to persevere through hard times, and to choose faith over fear. Here he is: the devoted son, the loving father, the steadfast friend, the naturalist, the philanthropist, the creative spirit—a man whose life lessons and insights into scripture are a gift offered with generosity, humility, and love.