The Quiet Book

I recently stumbled across quite a gem of a book for younger readers!  The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood explores all the various forms quiet can take throughout a child's day. There are many types of quiet and this simple picture book takes the reader through a quiet journey of daily activities.

What I LOVE most about this book is it encourages the reader to discover the emotion behind each form of quiet!  This book will get your child making inferences without much assistance from you!  For example, when you read about "top of the roller coaster quiet" your child will draw upon his schema (background knowledge) and the picture cues to infer that this might be a scared or nervous type of quiet.  So many times when we read with younger children we do not have high level thinking conversations because we think the child is too young.  However, this book shows how simple creating inferences can be!

As you share this story with your child be sure to stop and connect emotions to each type of quiet.  See if  your child can connect to the different types of quiet.  Be sure to share your thinking too! Kids love when parents share!

Some questions to ask your child to start the conversation:

• How do you think _____feels?  
• How would you feel?  
• Can you think of a time you experienced that type of quiet?
• What other types of quiet can you think of?  

This is one of my new favorite books.  It is a deceptively simple book that conveys so much meaning.  Underwood has written a follow-up book titled The Loud Book and it will be published in April!  I cannot wait to get my hands on it!