Waiting for Goliath
Age 3+
Picture Storybooks
A warm and surprising story about waiting for a friend
Bear has been waiting since dawn. “I’m waiting for Goliath,” he tells everyone. “Goliath is coming! He’s my best friend ...He’ll definitely show up. You’ll see!” Bear waits patiently for his friend. The robins fly to the south and the first snow falls. When Bear awakes from a long sleep, he hears a noise like a hand sliding slowly across paper. Goliath is coming! But his identity is a big surprise.
Creators
Antje Damm is a celebrated children’s writer and illustrator. Born in 1965 in Wiesbaden, Germany, she now lives with her husband and four children in a half-timbered house near Giessen. She has worked as an architect and has written and illustrated over a dozen books for children.
Reviews
An only seemingly simple but endlessly sweet meditation on patience.
Kirkus Review, starred reviews
An elegantly understated portrait of patience and faith.
Publishers Weekly, starred review
There’s a beautiful luminosity to this book in both the illustrations – photographs of Antje Damm’s dioramic creations – and the text, which celebrates the bond of true friendship.
OHbaby! Magazine
