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Molly the Patient Mouse: A Story About Waiting with a Hopeful Heart

Molly the Patient Mouse: A Story About Waiting with a Hopeful Heart

Coons, Timothy A.

Paperback

AnimalsGeneral Juvenile Fiction

ISBN13: 9798192888544
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 15 2026
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.09 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Molly Mouse has been waiting all day for Moonflower Night in Starfall Garden. She wants the silver-white flowers to open right now-but moonflowers cannot be hurried.

As the evening brings slow friends, tangled ribbons, drifting clouds, and one very long wait, Molly's excitement turns into frustration. With Grandpa Mouse beside her, Molly learns a simple patient plan: pause, breathe, notice, and choose something helpful. When the moonflowers finally bloom, she discovers that good things can grow while we wait.

This 80-page Expanded Classroom Edition pairs the complete illustrated story with developmentally flexible learning activities for children, families, teachers, and caregivers. The guide supports conversation and practice without expecting one perfect response.

The expanded edition includes before-, during-, and after-reading prompts; patience and feelings vocabulary; breathing, movement, sensory, and help-seeking choices; role-play and comprehension activities; art, nature, and pattern activities; family practice ideas; nonjudgmental teacher observation tools; a certificate; and child and adult notes pages.

Children may participate by speaking, pointing, drawing, acting, dictating, writing, or using assistive communication. Ideal for read-alouds, small groups, homeschool lessons, counseling conversations, and family learning with children ages 3-8.

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