Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Picture Book #12 The Quiet Book



TITLE: The Quiet  Book
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: This book was written by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Renata Liwska.
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book
THEME: The sound of "quiet", appreciating sounds
AWARDS: ALA Notable Book, 2011
CHARACTERS: The different animal-characters

PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: Houghton Mifflin, 2010
SUMMARY: This picture book demonstrates different activities where one can "hear" the quiet.  Different sounds are appreciated and exemplified in the quiet times.  This book would be an excellent book for younger children before a lesson about sounds or music.  It would also be a great way to explain "inside" voices and "outside" voices.

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