Patience . . . (a Slow Down Book): Discover How the Best Things in Life Take Time - Hardcover

by Rachel Williams (Author), Leonie Lord (Illustrator)

Patience... is an anti-instant gratification book from Rachel Williams, the best-selling author of Slow Down, and illustrator Leonie Lord, showing that for everything there is a season and good things are worth the wait!

• Light from the sun to reach Earth
• A barn owl to hunt
• The moon to rise and fall
• A nymph to grow wings
• A bird to incubate its eggs
• A camel to cross the desert to drink
• A bear to wait for spring
• An apple tree to grow fruit
• A coral to grow
• A patch of rainforest to regrows
• A tortoise to complete its life cycle
• . . . and more!

Author Biography

Rachel Williams studied literature before becoming an editor and publisher of children's books. She is also the creator of bestselling natural history and adventure books, including the Atlas of Adventures series and Illuminature. She lives with her husband and daughter in London. After studying illustration at Central St. Martin's in London, Leonie Lord began her children's picture book career illustrating books for Martin Waddell. She lives with her husband and two sons in Gloucestershire, England.