The Christmas Quiet Book

Product Description

The holidays are filled with joyful noise. But Christmas is sometimes wrapped in quiet: “Searching for presents quiet,” “Getting caught quiet,” and “Hoping for a snow day quiet.” Irresistibly cute, soft colored pencil illustrations of bunnies, bears, and more paint a magical holiday picture indeed.

Amazon.com Review

Sketches from Renata Liwska, Illustrator of The Christmas Quiet Book

Some early sketches are drawn right in the computer.

After my editor approves the sketch, I do the final drawing in my sketchbook.

Here I am starting to sketch a final drawing from my rough sketches.

I like to travel and work on my books when I can. The cover was drawn in San Francisco.

I like when a drawing lets the viewer imagine what is going to happen next.

Just a little more left to draw on this page.

Oh my, something has these fellows worried!

I couldn’t decide if she should wear a ribbon or not, so I drew it separate.

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1-Fans of The Quiet Book (2010) and The Loud Book (2011, both Houghton Harcourt) will be enchanted by this holiday companion. The anticipation a child feels is brought to life as the familiar animals from the previous books (bears, rabbits, porcupines, moles, owls) search quietly for presents, make snow angels, drink cocoa, turn on the lights of a Christmas tree, make a gingerbread house, and write a note to Santa. Liwska’s digitally colored pencil illustrations, in a muted palette of soft and soothing earth tones, pair poetically with the simple text. This is an ideal title for use during a winter holiday storytime or for one-on-one cuddling at bedtime.-Diane Olivo-Posner, Los Angeles Public Libraryα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

From Booklist

There’s a special kind of quiet that comes with the holidays. This companion title to the beloved The Quiet Book (2010) and The Loud Book! (2011) highlights the joy of the season through small, but priceless, moments. There’s “searching for presents quiet” (and “getting caught quiet”), “hoping for a snow day quiet,” and then “bundling up quiet.” On a particularly poignant spread illustrating a production of the Nativity—with three bear wise men—a sweet little lamb has a “forgotten line quiet” moment, but then is rescued by a whispering cast mate. As with the previous two books, Liwska’s utterly edible animals make you want to reach out and cuddle something. There’s one quiet incident per page and, while there are perhaps a few too many scenes in all, the book builds nicely to Christmas Eve, as the various moppets wait to hear Santa’s sleigh and try to stay awake for him. Little kids will relate to the anticipation of the big night but also to the little pleasures, like making snow angels and enjoying a cup of steaming cocoa. Preschool-Kindergarten. –Ann Kelley

Review

“A congenial, understated choice for reading aloud to excited children to help them settle down for a long winter’s night.”
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Kirkus

“Reverence for the quieter aspects of the season is indeed a gift.”
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Publishers Weekly

“This is an ideal title for use during a winter holiday storytime or for one-on-one cuddling at bedtime.”
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School Library Journal

“Little kids will relate to the anticipation of the big night but also to the little pleasures, like making snow angels and enjoying a cup of steaming cocoa.”
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Booklist

“This pleasing companion to
The Quiet Book and
The Loud Book! explores quiet times of the season.”
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Horn Book

“Especially endearing.”
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Wall Street Journal

“All of those quiet moments that make the holidays so special are wonderfully illustrated in this adorable book.”
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Parents Canada

A Huffington Post Holiday Book Recommendation

“Irresistibly cute, soft colored pencil illustrations by Renata Liwska of bunnies, bears, and more paint a magical holiday picture and ill