Patience...: Discover How the Best Things in Life Take Time

K-Gr 4–A beautifully illustrated work that explains patience and addresses how difficult it can be to wait for things that are highly anticipated. However, in the scope of the natural world, the passage of time can be quite different. The table of contents gives readers a clear layout of different events; poetic text with scientific nomenclature shows different events in short passages of time on Earth, as well as longer ones. Each entry has two spreads. The first spread explains the event and how long it takes. The second goes into more scientific detail about the event. As an example, one of the profiled events is an owl hunt: it takes an owl about an hour to hunt for its prey, and Williams explains how the owl’s body adaptations help it to hunt effectively. The second spread goes into more details about the owl’s hunting methods, such as quartering, where the birds fly back and forth in sections to look for their prey. Readers of all ages will find these kinds of details fascinating. The artwork adds visual amplification to the text and is expressively rendered. A warm color palette and fine detailing give the book a classic feel.