Waiting Is Not Easy!(An Elephant and Piggie Book) 等待不容易！(小猪和小象系列，精装) ISBN

　插图风格简约，对话机智幽默，符合低幼读者的心理，这一对好朋友的形象堪称典范。——《科克斯书评》

　　平易近人，妙趣横生，真实感人，好朋友之间的点点滴滴，不仅让孩子读得津津有味，连大人看了也会会心一笑。——《书单》杂志

　　莫·威廉斯再次用一个妙趣横生而又充满智慧的故事，完美地演绎了他敏锐的洞察力。——《出版商周刊》

　　父母和孩子都能从这个系列故事所塑造的人物身上找到自己的影子。文字和图画都堪称完美。——《学校图书馆》

　　这一系列绘本无疑是一套伟大的作品，具有高超的创作手法和对于学前儿童心理真挚、深入的了解。——《纽约时报》

　　美国读者的五星级评价：

　　◎ 教幼儿园已经五年了，给孩子们买这套书是我最正确的选择之一！在我念这本书的时候，孩子们总是笑得很开心，还常常要我在故事时间念这本书。

　　◎ 用幽默和巧妙的语言写出孩子们最在意的事情。

　　◎ 小孩看了这套书，能学会说新的词句，连三岁小孩都能把整本书背出来。

　　◎ 作为一个特殊教育工作者，我带领着一个自闭症儿童社交技能小组。这套书是我们小组的主要书目，它们重点展示了孩子们可能遇到的潜在情况，并且一目了然地呈现出主角的情感。

　　◎ 小孩会画书中的角色、记下情节和趣味对话，跟着故事情节一起动动手动动脚。

　　◎ 很适合亲子共读。大人和小孩可分别念小猪和小象的台词，一定非常有趣！

　　◎ 这套书一直是最畅销的入门读物，孩子们很自豪，能够连续读完整本书而不疲倦。

Gerald the elephant learns a truth familiar to every preschooler-heck, every human: “Waiting is not easy!” When Piggie cartwheels up to Gerald announcing that he has a surprise for him, Gerald is less than pleased to learn that the “surprise is a surprise.” Gerald pumps Piggie for information (it’s big, it’s pretty, and they can share it), but Piggie holds fast on his basic principle: Gerald will have to wait. Gerald lets out an almighty “GROAN!” Variations on this basic exchange occur throughout the day; Gerald pleads, Piggie insists they must wait; Gerald groans. As the day turns to twilight (signaled by the backgrounds that darken from mauve to gray to charcoal), Gerald gets grumpy. “WE HAVE WASTED THE WHOLE DAY! And for WHAT!?” Piggie then gestures up to the Milky Way, which an awed Gerald acknowledges “was worth the wait.” Willems relies even more than usual on the slightest of changes in posture, layout and typography, as two waiting figures can’t help but be pretty static. At one point, Piggie assumes the lotus position, infuriating Gerald. Most amusingly, Gerald’s elephantine groans assume weighty physicality in spread-filling speech bubbles that knock Piggie to the ground. And the spectacular, photo-collaged images of the Milky Way that dwarf the two friends makes it clear that it was indeed worth the wait. A lesson that never grows old, enacted with verve by two favorite friends. (Early reader. 6-8)―Kirkus

*”These books will easily take their place alongside Seuss and Eastman as classics in the beginning-reader genre.”―The Bulletin (starred review)

PRAISE FOR THE ELEPHANT & PIGGIE SERIES

*”Accessible, appealing, and full of authetic emotions about what makes friendships tick, these titles will put a contemporary shine on easy reader collections.”―Booklist (starred review)

*”These masterful mini-dramas will delight and amuse early-reader and picture-book audiences, alike.”―School Library Journal (starred review)