This is a fascinating look at time and various cycles in the natural world, such as the movement of the moon across the night sky or its monthly cycle around the planet. With delightful illustrations that show different phases, Patience is a nonfiction book that reads almost like a graphic novel. Moving from the one minute that it takes your heart to beat up to 100 times, all the way through to the span of a human life, this book shows the wonder there is in slowing down and noticing the many wonders in our world. Part of the Slow Down series from the publisher Magic Cat, this is an unusual nonfiction concept that is executed very well.

With stunning, traditional-style illustrations by Leonie Lord, Patience is suitable for a reader aged 7+ or it could be read to and thoroughly enjoyed by a younger child.