Status
Available
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2012), Edition: 1st, 44 pages
Library's review
As in Stewart and Small’s previous The Gardener (1997) and The Journey (2001), letters to a loved one become the vehicle for a girl to explore what she sees, feels and comes to understand upon leaving home for the first time.
In this title, a family of four is moving from Mexico to America in
A warm, gentle portrait of an immigrant’s isolation and the ways that creativity and a loving family can offer both a safe haven and a bridge. (Picture book. 4-8) (Review from Kirkus Book Reviews https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarah-stewart/quiet-place/)
In this title, a family of four is moving from Mexico to America in
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1957. Their poignant, pre-dawn departure starts on the endpapers. Small’s imaginative use of color and masterful variation of line combine to focus attention on Isabel’s expressive face while developing other characters and creating a convincing period with Formica countertops and big-finned cars. Silent spreads allow readers time to ponder her predicament and imagine their own reactions. As the epistles to Auntie Lupita chronicle Isabel’s encounter with snow, feelings about her new teacher and time spent at the children’s parties her mother caters, they also indirectly portray a family sensitive to a child’s well-being. When Isabel requests the big boxes left over from the parties, her family supports her special sanctuary as needed; decorated with paint, origami and cardboard rainspouts reminiscent of the clay gutters back home, her quiet place turns into a panorama of festivities on her birthday, when a double gatefold reveals many new friends.A warm, gentle portrait of an immigrant’s isolation and the ways that creativity and a loving family can offer both a safe haven and a bridge. (Picture book. 4-8) (Review from Kirkus Book Reviews https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarah-stewart/quiet-place/)
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Awards
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2015)
Great Lakes Great Reads Award (Children's — 2012-03 — 2012)
Show Me Readers Award (Nominee — 2015)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Kids (Picture Books — 2012)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0374325650 / 9780374325657