The Quiet Book - by Deborah Underwood (Hardcover)

Number of Pages: 32
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Sub-Genre: Concepts
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Age Range: 4-8 Years
Book theme: Sounds
Author: Deborah Underwood
Language: English

About the Book

With kid-centric descriptions and irresistible artwork, this gentle picture book explores all the different quiets that can fill a child's days from morning to night. Full color.

Book Synopsis

All quiet is not created equal. In this irresistibly charming picture book, many different quiet moments are captured, from the anticipation-heavy "Top of the roller coaster quiet" to the shocked-into-silence "First look at your new hairstyle quiet." The impossibly sweet bears, rabbits, fish, birds, and iguanas are all rendered in soft pencils and colored digitally, and, as in all of the best picture books, the illustrations propel the story far beyond the words. A sure-to-be-a-classic bedtime favorite. Awards: 2011 ALA Notable Children's Book, 2010-2011, New York Times bestseller, 2011 CCBC Choices, 2011 NCTE Notable Children's Trade Book, 2010 New York Times Notable Book, 2010 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, 2010 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Review Quotes

A delightful and enchanting choice for storytime or sharing one-on-one.--School Library Journal, starred review

The most moving scenes leave space for imagining.'Best friends don't need to talk, ' for example, is illustrated with a blissful scene of togetherness that children will relate to their own lives.--Booklist

This treasure of a book--which is appropriately gentle in both its understated text and artwork--catalogues many sorts of quiet that readers will recognize instantly.--Publishers Weekly

This gallery of quietude works for bedtime or calming down while also acknowledging that some quiet moods are less than happy...The final sequence--a nighttime car ride in the snow, peaceful steps to bedtime--makes a comforting end. Soothing and layered.--Kirkus Reviews

Sweet and hypnotizing, but not too simple, Renata Liwska's illustrations give The Quiet Book a sense of magic. --The Huffington Post

About the Author

Deborah Underwood has written many books for children. She lives in San Francisco and loves cat sleeping on your stomach quiet and smelling lilacs quiet. Visit her online at www.DeborahUnderwoodBooks.com. "Drawing a picture book quiet," is Renata Liwska's favorite kind of quiet. Renata's previous picture books includes Little Panda which she wrote and illustrated.