[MUSIC]
Has anyone here ever waited for anything?
>> Yeah. >> Have you?
What've you waited for?
>> I've waited for, maybe a line.
>> A line, yeah, that happens a lot, yes.
>> I waited for summer.
>> Waited for summer, that's a good thing to wait for.
What about you?
>> I waited for my dessert.
>> Do you like waiting or do you not like waiting?
>> Not like waiting.
>> Put your thumbs down if you don't like waiting.
>> It's kind of okay.
>> Okay.
>> Well this is Waiting so you can see what these characters are waiting for.
>> What are they waiting for?
>> Goes like this.
There were five of them and they were waiting.
>> What are they waiting for?
>> The owl with spots was waiting for the moon.
The pig with the umbrella was waiting for the rain.
The bear with the kite was waiting for the wind.
The puppy on the sled was waiting for the snow.
The rabbit with stars wasn't waiting for anything in particular.
He just liked to look out the window and wait.
When the moon came up, the owl was happy, it happened a lot.
When the rain came down, the pig was happy, the umbrella kept her dry.
When the wind blew, the bear was happy, the kite flew high and far.
When it finally snowed, the puppy was happy, he’d waited a very long time.
The rabbit was happy just looking out the window.
Sometimes one or the other of them went away.
But he or she always came back.
Sometimes they stopped, but mostly, they waited.
Sometimes gifts appeared.
Once a visitor arrived from far away,
he stayed a while then he left, and never returned.
>> He broke?
>> They saw many wonderful, interesting things.
>> Things? Because there are three dogs,
you have to say, things?
>> And of course, there was always the moon and the rain and
the wind, and the snow to keep them happy.
One day, a cat with
patches joined them.
Was she waiting for the moon?
No.
Was she waiting for the rain?
No.
Was she waiting for the wind?
No.
Was she waiting for the snow?
No.
She didn't seem to be waiting for anything in particular...
But she was.
Now there were 10 of them.
And they were happy together,
waiting to see what would happen next.
>> Butterflies.
>> Can we read it again?
>> [LAUGH] Yes.
>> So, what inspired you now, for this book?
>> Well, I was thinking about waiting, I was thinking about how kids like
you have to wait all the time for lots of different things, and I do too.
And now I don't mind waiting as much as I did when I was younger.
I think the older I get, the more I don't mind waiting.
Start out with an oval.
Do you know?
>> Yeah, I do.
>> I don't.
>> The owl.
>> The owl with spots, that's right.
Do you remember what the owl with spots was waiting for?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, the Moon.
>> The Moon.
>> You're good at drawing owls or anything.
>> Thank you.
>> You're a great artist.
>> Yeah. >> So there's the owl.
>> Yeah, and your brother is also very good.
>> She drew the owl and [INAUDIBLE] >> You start out with an oval,
leave it open.
>> Don't worry, I think I know.
>> I'll make it easy.
>> Bunny.
>> Bunny, the bunny!
>> The rabbit with what?
Anybody remember?
>> Stars.
>> The stars.
>> There's the rabbit.
Do you have a favorite of the five of them that were waiting?
>> Yeah.
>> Me.
>> Who is your favorite?
>> The dog.
>> The cat.
>> The cat, and which cat?
There were lots of cats.
>> The all five of them.
>> Can you draw one of them?
>> I can draw one cat.
>> [CHATTER] >> My favorite one was the dog.
>> No, my favorite one was the [CHATTER].
>> The pig.
>> You like the rain?
>> The cat.
>> Bye, bye.
>> No.
>> Actually a dog.
>> It's not. >> A cat.
>> The cat.
>> [CHATTER] >> There is the little cat,
that's the littlest one.
>> Adorable.
>> I just realized, over there we see...
All the animals was for the first five, and
they are things they like to wait for it.
On the cover, you see the pig likes to wait for the rain, they have an umbrella.
>> Right.
>> It's super cool.
>> There's one cloud that sort of matches each of them.
>> Yeah.
>> Yes, so there's a kite, there's the umbrella, the owl is flying.
There's the rabbit, there's the puppy running.
>> Cute.