Waiting Is Not Easy!

　　小豬要和大象分享一個驚喜，但謎底卻要一直等、一直等、等到天黑還不見答案，大象從早等到晚，中間幾度失去耐心，卻還是抵不過想知道答案的誘惑，每次都還是回頭甘願的等。無論大象如何呻吟、生氣、抗議，小豬都堅定告訴他驚喜是得等待的。結果等到的驚喜竟然是……

　　大象與小豬好朋友故事繪本套書畫風簡潔、且充滿童趣！大象與小豬是對個性天差地別的超級好朋友，一個老是愛擔心這擔心那；另一個卻總是沒煩惱，談的都是好朋友之間的相處：要不要一起出去玩？ 玩具分享的點點滴滴…是教導小朋友與他人相處的優良繪本。凱迪克榮譽獎得主Mo Willems的繪本充滿爆笑情節，主角身上也往往能看出許多孩子行為的影子。他以簡單的文字與插圖表現，提醒將我們將生活中常常忽略的美好事物，隨時分享給我們的朋友。【文∕博客來外文館】

　　Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
　　Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
　　Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
　　Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
　　In Waiting Is Not Easy!, Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to wait for it. And Wait. And wait some more...

作者簡介

　　Mo Willems (www.pigeonpresents.com), a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity). Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. And his celebrated Elephant & Piggie early-reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for There Is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as garnering four Honors (for We Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let's Go for a Drive! and A Big Guy Took My Ball!). Other favorites include Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and City Dog, Country Frog, illustrated by Jon J Muth. Mo lives with his family in Massachusetts.