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The Quiet Book
by
Deborah Underwood (Goodreads Author),
Renata Liwska
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, a...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 12th 2010
by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
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Awwwwww. Love this book. Illustrations are sweet and whimsical. You gotta see this one yourself.
What a great idea for a book! I'm thinking of using this to read aloud to my class at the beginning of the school year. I love the concept of different types of quiets. Some of my favorites in the book are: "swimming underwater quiet," "first snow fall quiet" and "story time quiet" - probably because they all bring back such great memories. When I read it to my students I'll have them come up with their own list of "quiets."
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So cute! Some pages made us giggle, some were just so sweet and some made us sigh with contentment. Okay, when I say "us" I should say "me."
My kids just thought the whole thing was kinda silly. "All those different kinds of quiet, that's just silly!" Said the 5 year old. Maybe that is because he has an aversion to being quiet at anytime, for any reason. But it has been oft requested this week so I think they really do like it. Silly or not.
Oh, and I feel like I say this a lot, but I loved, love...more
My kids just thought the whole thing was kinda silly. "All those different kinds of quiet, that's just silly!" Said the 5 year old. Maybe that is because he has an aversion to being quiet at anytime, for any reason. But it has been oft requested this week so I think they really do like it. Silly or not.
Oh, and I feel like I say this a lot, but I loved, love...more
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This is a charming picture book. Renata Liwska's illustrations are beautiful. Ages 4 to 6 will love this book.
I own a few picture books that are ALWAYS within arm's reach--for a pick me up, an inspiration, to share or recommend, and in a few special cases, to use for instruction. THE QUIET BOOK covers all the bases. It is a lovely story to read, share, recommend or give as a gift for a child, but it is also an amazing book for grown-ups, older students, artists, and writers. This book shows the power of suggestion. It demonstrates the miracle of getting every word of a manuscript exactly right. It does...more
If you asked a child (or an adult, for that matter) how many kinds of quiet there are, I think they'd shoot you a quizzical stare. How many kinds of quiet? What does that mean? Share this book with him, and he'll understand.
The quiet you experience when you're the first person up in the morning feels different than the quiet you experience when you're playing hide-and-seek, or the quiet you experience when you're following your teacher to the principal's office because you're busted, or the qui...more
The quiet you experience when you're the first person up in the morning feels different than the quiet you experience when you're playing hide-and-seek, or the quiet you experience when you're following your teacher to the principal's office because you're busted, or the qui...more
There are many kind of quiet. Quiet can cozy. Quiet can be tense. Quiet can be worth savoring. Quiet can be gone in a flash. This book celebrates the many kinds of quiet, offering examples of the many moments of quiet in a day. Starting with the quiet of being the first one awake, the book ends with the quiet of being sound asleep. In between, readers will find examples of quiet that are funny, surprising and poignant. This is a simple premise executed with great finesse.
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The Quiet Book written by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Renata Liwska is a simple book that lists all different kinds of quiet. Each one devoted to its own page, such as "Others telling secrets quiet" or "Sleeping sister quiet", with an illustration to accompany it. Each scenario mentioned in the book are situations that young children can understand or identify with and that each type of quiet is joined by a different feeling or emotion.
Liwska's illustrations are beautiful. Each page is...more
Liwska's illustrations are beautiful. Each page is...more
Summary: In "The Quiet Book," author Deborah Underwood explores all the silent moments that occur throughout the day. Illustrated with beautiful and cozy woodland creatures like rabbits and bears, young children will be captivated by this wonderful book of quiet-time. There are "others telling secrets quiet," and "thinking of a good reason you were drawing on the wall quiet." There is also the moment of, "trying not to hiccup quiet," and many more circumstances that children will recognize from...more
The Quiet Book is about how silence is a good thing, all of the animals are interacting without words, and how sometimes you dont need to talk in order to have fun. When you love someone or when you know someone so well, it all will come to you. All of the animals interact with each other in the book by using silence, and it talks about how silence is sometimes the best method sometimes. I would use this book in the 1st grade class to show that you can be comfortable with people and not have to...more
Shhhh, I have to write this book review with complete quietness around me. Otherwise, my love for THE QUIET BOOK BY DEBORAH UNDERWOOD will become completely smothered by the boom of drums, the bang of a door or the ting a ling of the telephone. I must write quickly because noise seems to have more muscle than silence. Although quietness is made up of snowflakes, Hide and Seek and that sinking quiet feeling when you are the last one to be picked up from school, it is easy to miss the beauty of it...more
This simple picture book is a tale about all the different kinds of quiet there are in the world. From just before yelling “Surprise” to the quiet while reading with a flashlight after lights out, this book covers a wide gamut of situations that give perspective to a child on different ways to behave in different situations. This book is intended for ages 3 to 7. It will appeal to this age range because of the simplicity of the text and pictures, as well as being able to identify with these situ...more
Deborah Underwood, author of this lovely picture book, has done a beautiful job validating the emotions of the youngest little people in our lives. She does so with soothing text combined with serene illustrations by Renata Liwska.
Underwood refers to feelings by calling them "quiet". Underwood starts with, "There are many kinds of quiet". Some of the different kind of quiets she highlights are: "Jelly side down quiet", with a picture of a bear who just dropped his jelly sandwich. "Thinking of a...more
Underwood refers to feelings by calling them "quiet". Underwood starts with, "There are many kinds of quiet". Some of the different kind of quiets she highlights are: "Jelly side down quiet", with a picture of a bear who just dropped his jelly sandwich. "Thinking of a...more
I love how this book not only talks about different times you should be or are quiet, but it implies emotions with each moment that you may be quiet. For example, “Thinking of a good reason you were drawing on the wall quiet” implies the feeling of remorse or guilt, so you can not only hear the quiet, but picture the child hanging his head. This would be a great book to read at the beginning of the year and have the class come up with different kinds of quiet in the classroom and school. I tend...more
I really liked In a Blue Room but I’m not usually a fan of “go to bed” or otherwise “quiet down” books.
I loved everything about this book. Every page is precious. Kids will appreciate all the different kinds of quiet and can think up some of their own. The illustrations are perfect. This is a good bedtime or anytime book.
The “story” goes from waking in the morning to bedtime, with what could be an extremely full day in-between, but they’re probably activities during many days.
I read it then I im...more
I loved everything about this book. Every page is precious. Kids will appreciate all the different kinds of quiet and can think up some of their own. The illustrations are perfect. This is a good bedtime or anytime book.
The “story” goes from waking in the morning to bedtime, with what could be an extremely full day in-between, but they’re probably activities during many days.
I read it then I im...more
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This is just a really adorable old-fashioned book I want to read to my students. The animals in the book are so darn cute I could just fall out. This book shows students the different kinds of quiet. It’s perfect for those students who are just getting into school. I would use this book in my class first of all to show why quiet is important sometimes. I wonder if there is a book that shows why loud is good…sometimes too!! I think little kids would get into this book especially before bed or nap...more
This book went through all the different scenarios in which one person can be quiet. I enjoyed this book because it brought up some instances where talking isn't necessary and that silence isn't the awkward, bad thing that is has sometimes been characterized as. A lot of these activities and the "types" of quiet that go along with them, like swimming underwater quiet or top of the roller coaster quiet, give children examples of times that are fun and adventurous but don't need noise to make them...more
The small animals in this book certainly experience a range of quiet, including the quiet that comes with fear, loss, mistakes, and punishment. The inclusion of difficult quiets means readers (of any age) will also meet their own disquiet with some kinds of quiet (or maybe any kind, because quiet may only be associated with the difficult kinds). A meditation on the reality that one word can have many different meanings and emotional tones, Underwood and Liwska invite all of us into a more spacio...more
You’ll be immediately drawn in by the soothing green cover of this picture book, which features several fuzzy animals in browns and grays – all making the shushing gesture. But it’s the author’s selection of quiet moments that really make this book work (paired with the illustrations that capture the mood of each moment) – including not only situations that require quiet, but also those that inspire it. “There are many kinds of quiet. First one awake quiet…Others telling secrets quiet…Last one t...more
This wonderful picture book offers up all sorts of quiet moments, some of them quite unexpected. For instance, there's the quiet that occurs as the rollercoaster car reaches the very top, the quiet shared by friends who don't need to talk to feel comfortable with each other, and the hush that occurs right before a concert. My particular favorites are the quiet moments of a first snowfall and that of quietness during an evening car ride. It's clear that there are quiet moments that make us feel s...more
I thought that this book was okay. It had a lot to do with being quiet, and the different types of "quiet" we experience. Things such as being quiet because you see something shocking, or being quiet in on a ride at the top of a rollercoaster, are all different types of being quiet. This book could be used for students in any elementary grade. I would use this in my field at the beginning of a school year. I would want my students to know how important it is to be quiet at appropriate times. I t...more
Renata Liwska's illustrations are so tender and cute especially to someone Polish, as it's so reminiscent of my Polish childhood. Little details like the polka dot collars the child characters wear in school or the toadstool on the school sack, the typical polish stork as one of the animal characters, and again a cradle with a toadstool on it. The illustrations are forever enchanting in quality and depth, for example the cactus whose shadow on the wall reveals itself as a monster with pointy tee...more
Written by Deborah Underwood, Illustrated by Renata Liwaska, 2010. I LOVE this book! It is so simple but yet makes you think about the different kinds of quiet there are. I believe it would be a great book to use for all ages to get kids thinking and pondering, just to see what they can come up with. I think the list would be endless and it would be interesting to compare the differences different ages of kids (adults) come up with. I also think the illustrations are awesome! They move the words...more
This is my amazon review for this book:
This is a wondrous book about all the different kinds of quiet there are for kids. Happy quiets and worried quiets, scared quiets and "was I being naughty?" quiets.
I have to declare an interest, since I am Deborah Underwood's brother in law. Which means I have had the privilege of knowing the book for many years in draft form (you have NO idea how long it takes for children's picture books to come out.)
The book has always been brilliant but I didn't imagi...more
This is a wondrous book about all the different kinds of quiet there are for kids. Happy quiets and worried quiets, scared quiets and "was I being naughty?" quiets.
I have to declare an interest, since I am Deborah Underwood's brother in law. Which means I have had the privilege of knowing the book for many years in draft form (you have NO idea how long it takes for children's picture books to come out.)
The book has always been brilliant but I didn't imagi...more
I absolutely adore this book. (I'm looking forward to getting the new one, I think called "The Loud or Noisy Book). My kids were SILENT when I read this, and it creates a better effect for the teacher to read it with a really soft voice. This was a terrific segue into teaching "definition poems" to my students. The had to think deeply about what quiet meant to them (and then we moved it into other concepts like happiness, hope, pride, etc.) What great opportunities to teach metaphors! School Lib...more
What a lovely book! The pictures are wonderful. The text made me feel both happy and peaceful. This book lists (but in sparse language that manages to evoke such images and feelings!) different types of quiet. Some of my favorites: first one awake quiet, story time quiet, quiet right before you yell "Suprise", and hide-n-seek quiet. This is a book I can see being used at bedtime or naptime, in classrooms (perhaps at the beginning of the year as you set up expectations for voice levels and when i...more
Much lauded, Deborah Underwood's The Quiet Book is a lovely meditation on quiet, perfect for a reading snuggled with your child before bedtime. Renata Liwska's muted images of bears, porcupines, and even somehow soft-seeming fish provide often humorous context for the kinds of quiet described: "Trying not to hiccup quiet" depicts a rabbit with its paws over its mouth being held upside down in the background while a trio of birds plays an instrumental. All of the predominantly grey, brown & c...more
Yet another with fantastic paper stock. I don't love the slick pages some children's books use. Or that flimsy paper that's overly smooth. I like the paper with some heft and roughness. It adds to the experience of reading a book like this if there's something your fingers catch on as you're reading.
Mostly though, the reason this book gets five stars is the font. The font completes the story and illustrations. You can tell they thought about the font selection instead of just going with a generi...more
Mostly though, the reason this book gets five stars is the font. The font completes the story and illustrations. You can tell they thought about the font selection instead of just going with a generi...more
This is the kind of picture book I like... there's a magic in how it expresses all the different types of quiet that children know.
Not what I expected, but still cute. The cover and title made me think of a book for toddlers. And while that might work in a lap-read (especially before something you'd like them to be quiet for--sleep, church, etc.), some of the types of quiet might be over their head. And I'm sure some of the humor will be. Preschoolers will catch a bit more. School-age would catch it all, but then the cuteness of it might be a bit too cute. Still, I enjoyed the book and enjoyed the illustrations. Loved the d...more
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