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Waiting Together by Danielle Dufayet Illustrator: Srimalie Bassami
Published by Albert Whitman & Company on September 1, 2020
Genres: Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General, Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Source: Read Your World Day
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An engaging and positive look at the universal experience of waiting.
Waiting is not easy! And waiting can take a long time. Like waiting on the drip, drip, drip of rain to stop or the ding of the timer for cookies to be done baking. But there's one thing that can make waiting go a little bit faster—a friend! A perfect read aloud, this book encourages readers to enjoy every kind of wait.
It’s a pleasure to again participate in the Read Your World Day as a book reviewer and this year I reviewed Waiting Together by Danielle Dufayet and illustrated by Srimalie Bassani.
Review
This is a beautifully illustrated book about the many different kinds of “waiting” and the many different scenarios that can cause you to be in a waiting period. Patience is a hard virtue for adults to manage, so for a child waiting for something must seem sometimes like an impossible task.
Wrapped in fun onomatopoeia, each page gives young readers opportunities to value patience. It brings a positivity to waiting for something good to happen. It focuses on the mindfulness instead of the discomfort.
But it doesn’t ignore the discomfort either. The second half of the book pivots to situations that feel uncomfortable when you have to wait. It suggests that those times it is often best to wait with someone else as a companion.
Waiting Together is a helpful book that puts waiting into perspective for a young mind. It focuses on mindfulness and remaining calm when you have to wait for something you want to happen. It’s great for developing mindfulness and patience.
About the Author
You can learn more about the author and her books at her website: https://www.danielledufayetbooks.com/
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