"Slow down book"--Cover

Why wait? -- In one minute: your heart beats 60-100 times -- In eight minutes: light from the sun reaches Earth -- In one hour: a barn owl hunts its prey -- In one night: the moon rises and falls -- In one day: a dragonfly gets ready to fly -- In twelve days: a blackbird incubates her eggs -- In two weeks: a camel crosses the desert to drink -- In one month: the moon completes a lunar cycle -- Over many months: a honeypot ant stores food -- In one winter: a grizzly bear waits for spring -- In nine months: a baby is born -- In one year: an apple tree grows fruit -- In twenty-five years: a coral reef starts to form -- In thirty years: a century plant blooms -- In sixty years: an African savanna elephant grows old -- In around eighty years: a human lives a lifetime -- In over one hundred years: a Galápagos giant tortoise completes its life cycle

A lot of life is spent waiting for the day to start, waiting for the toast to cook, waiting for the school bus. Waiting is not easy, but as life happens, things change and grow while you are waiting. Discover how good things take time, and how there is a season for everything

"Discover how the best things in life take time"--Cover

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2024 by Magic Cat Publishing Ltd. First published in North America in 2024 by Magic Cat Publishing, an imprint of ABRAMS."--Colophon