The Quiet Book

This is a amazing book about all the different kinds of quiet there are for kids. It is an entertaining way to help children notice when quiet arises naturally. Also, this book encourages children to discover the emotions behind different kinds of quiet. About its art, it is beautiful illustrations

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quiet, perfect page turns quiet, articulated text quiet. The irresistibly charming art complements the spare text beautifully.

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An adorable picture book, perfect for teaching young children about the different ways to be quiet and the different reasonsn for silence. Renata Liwska uses soft colors and blurred edges to create a soft, calm, quiet mood. The bunnies facial expressions give picture clues as to the kind of quiet

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deborah Underwood is writing about. My 3 year old loves this book.

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This was a fun little book on how and why we're to be quiet. The book went through different animals, and how, when and why they're quiet. The different reasons to be quiet throughout the book as well as times when we don't have to be quiet were fun to read, especially because it was told from the

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perspective of animals.

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This book tenderly explores the different types of "quiet." It would be perfect for a bedtime story, or maybe right before an afternoon nap. My favorite quote was that, "Best friends don't need to talk quiet" which is true for adults and kids.

The illustrations in this book all involve humanized animals, and after a few pages I realized that some of the characters and “story lines”—the book is about the different kinds of quiet/silence found in life—continued onto the following page. (My favorite one: “Coloring in the lines

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quiet,” which showed a moose drawing on paper after having drawn on the wall. And the next page said, “Thinking of a good reason you were drawing on the wall quiet,” showing Mama Moose taking her offspring from the room with the Kid Moose hanging his head in shame.) The way the book is structured, it reads almost like a “day in the life” for silence/quiet. The very end involves the animal characters going to bed, so I can see how this could help in calming down a child before he or she is tucked in. The illustrations are great – they have some wonderful details. I think they work well with the text.

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A sweet, thoughtful book that transports you to the moments of quiet throughout the day. My favorite quiet is "first snowfall quiet".

A cute book about how everything needs to be done quietly.

This book can help students, especially ELLs, comprehend words, emotions and life. Everything, and more, about being quiet.

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.

I loved this book as one can relate to all the different types of quiet provided within. The illustrations were a perfect fit along with the chosen animals throughout the pages. Wondeful.

This is such a cute story for children! I love the way that the author portrayed all the different types of quiet in a way that children could understand. The illustrations are so intricate and adorable as well. I would recommend this book to any mother of a young child. It is a great bedtime story

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and has a great lesson behind every page.

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I could see this book being a great book for kids going to bed. It could become a new classic bedtime story. The book has a very gentle feel to it and even the illustrations are soft, cozy and quiet. The illustrations are beautifully done and are as quiet as the different kinds of quiet. I really

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think this book is perfect for kids getting ready for bed and trying to settle into a cozy, dreamy state.

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This book is a really good book for teachers to use inside their elementary classroom. It explores a world full of quietness from sun up to sun down. Very easy and simple for readers to read. I really enjoyed reading this book.

This book is the opposite of “The Loud Book”, but I noticed there is slightly less emphasis on the bunny character, who shares the spotlight more in this book with his other animal friends. Reading about the types of quiet and how they compare and contrast was just as interesting to me as

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reading about the various types of loud. The expressiveness of the character’s faces is really important in this book in showing us how they are feeling about each type of quiet. For example, “lollipop quiet” inspires facial features of contentedness, whereas “car rids at night” quiet obviously finds the characters in a state of anxiety or fright. Renata Liwska’s illustrated characters are as fuzzy and adorable as always. Like the “Loud Book”, this would be an excellent part of a lesson on dynamics in music (or volume level in general), and how they can affect the feel of a musical piece, or a situation. The opposite lesson would be in how different situations can make us feel certain ways, and our feelings can inspire us to be either loud or quiet. These lessons would be best for kindergarten or first grade students.

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Summary: The Quiet Book is about the different types of quiet. It talks about different situations in which one might not speak or might not have the words to speak, fear that they will wake up their sister and lastly, the quiet you experience when sleeping.

Personal Reaction: I thought it was very

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cute, I found myself smiling or quietly laughing in most parts. This book is a great way for kids to relate to being quiet. There are many things in the book that one wouldn't think of first when thinking of times they had to be quiet. A lot of these settings of being quiet are, in fact, times that one would be quiet. One of my favorites was the quiet that happens when you're with your best friend because you don't always need to talk, it's about sharing moments and just spending time with one another.

Classroom Extension: There are many different ways you could use this book in the classroom because there are so many different circumstances involved. For example: You're quiet when you get in trouble and know you did something wrong, you're quiet when your younger sister is sleeping, you're quiet when you don't want to scare away the bird sitting on the branch so close to you, you're quiet right before the concert or when you're at the top of the rollercoaster.

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Whimsical and utterly charming.

This delightful meditation on being quiet - the many different kinds of quiet time, the many quiet activities possible - would make the ideal bedtime book to read to very young children. With a simple text that is little more than a list of quietness - "Pretending you're invisible quiet... Best

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friends don't need to talk quiet" - and adorably soft and endearing illustrations, everything about The Quiet Book has a gentle, restful quality that I imagine would prove very soporific.

This is one of those books where I really wavered, when it came to my star rating. Truthfully, I was most taken with the artwork, done in pencil and colored digitally. Soft-edged, sweet without being twee, it has a magical feeling that is most appealing. I think my favorite scene was the one in which the animals ride through the night-time snow, but then, I've always had a weakness for winter scenes. I can't say that I was particularly wowed by the narrative, but the more I think of it, the more effective I think it is, at promoting a sense of peacefulness. And thus... the four stars. All in all, a sweet little book, one I would recommend to anyone looking for good bedtime stories.

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This book found and hit my charming buttons today! Very sweet, with cute illustrations!

Exploring the many examples of quite. A calm and relaxing read full of simple phrases that create a sense of imagery and emotion for the reader.

When I got my hands on this book, I completely feel in love and strongly feel more books should be more like this, because this is what a book is suppose to be. This book encouraged children to discover the different kinds of emotions behind all different forms of quiet.

Beautiful, cozy illustrations add to the quiet calm of this book.

This book shows how to use the word quiet in many different situations. I would use this book for beginning readers to show vocabulary words to the students. The students could see how the word is used in different situations to help them understand words are just used in one context.

This was a cute and relate-able book for children as it tells of all the types of quiet they may see in their days. Some are funny and some are sad, but they all are illustrated to be simple not drawing in too much emotion to be to sad. I think this would be a great book for children to see that

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what they go through is common. Also, a teacher or parent could utilize this by speaking quietly and reading it before nap time or bedtime as the book ends with "Sound asleep quiet". Not too much adventure happens, but from reading it I felt a sense of calm and I think children will feel that too with an adults soothing voice reading it showing neutral and simple pictures.

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When I was a little kid I had a book called "Martin's Quiet Book" that my Auntie Anne made for me out of a quilt and you could match shapes with snaps and braid a girl's braid and put facial features on a clown and such. It was the best book ever and in comparison this volume of different types of

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quiet, while tweely inventive, isn't really in the same league.

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