Waiting

Me: (hands this book to Sam after reading it in Barnes & Noble) Want some typically existential Henkes? Sam: (after reading it) I have no idea what I just read. Me: What the Henk, right? Sam: I don't even know what to say about that. Me: It's like... gorgeous and melancholy, and what even the hell.......more

It’s an interesting idea to tell a book from the perspective of a window. I like the idea, but I didn’t relate to the characters of these toys who are waiting. Waiting for rain or snow or wind etc. I didn’t appreciate this artwork. It does not work for me. I suspect this is about learning to wait, b......more

Some toys wait on a windowsill, one waits for the moon, one for the wind, one for the rain, and one for the snow. Sometimes one went away but always came back. The story says 'once a visitor arrived from far away. He stayed a while, then he left and never returned.' This refers to a China elephant t......more

There are five toys in the window and they are all waiting for something. The owl was waiting for moon, pig with umbrella was waiting for rain, bear with the kite was waiting for wind, puppy on the sled was waiting for snow and the rabbit with stars wasn't exactly waiting for anything in particular.......more