I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us
エミールは、外見的には気弱で恥ずかしがり屋に見えるかもしれませんが、内面では想像力に満ちています。大人や他の子供たちでさえ、エミールのことを授業中に手を挙げない内気な子供として見ているかもしれませんが、私たちはエミールが実際には公海の冒険家であり、大胆な探検家であり、野獣の友達であることを知っています。
作品情報
エミールは、外見的には気弱で恥ずかしがり屋に見えるかもしれませんが、内面では想像力に満ちています。
エミールは、外見的には気弱で恥ずかしがり屋に見えるかもしれませんが、内面では想像力に満ちています。大人や他の子供たちでさえ、エミールのことを授業中に手を挙げない内気な子供として見ているかもしれませんが、私たちはエミールが実際には公海の冒険家であり、大胆な探検家であり、野獣の友達であることを知っています。この物語は、自分自身をありのままに知ることの美しさを讃え、奨励します。エミールの世界は、物静かな子供の心も、他の（より外向的な）子供の心と同じように豊かで、広がりがあり、大胆になり得ることを私たちに示しています。
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受け入れは概して好意的であり、前提と感情的な賭けが称賛されています。読者の中には、ペースをタイトにしたり、ところどころもう少し深みを持たせたいと思う人もいます。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Bala Kids
- 発売日
- 2022-04-12
- ページ数
- 32ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 24.2 x 1.1 x 24.2 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781611809848
- ISBN-10
- 1611809843
- 価格
- 3512 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Children's Books/Growing Up & Facts of Life/Friendship, Social Skills & School Life/Bullies
Goodreads Best Children's Book of 2022 Kid's Indie Next List Pick Emile is not shy—he is quiet. Emile may seem timid and shy on the outside, but on the inside he is bustling with imagination. While grownups and even other kids may see Emile as the shy kid who doesn’t raise his hand in class, we know that Emile is actually a high-seas adventurer, a daring explorer, and a friend to wild beasts. This story honors and encourages the beauty of knowing ourselves for exactly who we are. Emile’s world shows us that the mind of a quiet child can be as rich, expansive, and bold as that of any other (more extroverted) child.
ANDIE POWERS is a writer for Bravery magazine (braverymag.com), an empowering educational magazine for children featuring a brave woman in each issue who has significantly impacted the world. Her love of children’s literature was kindled during a college internship at The Horn Book magazine. Since then, her work for children has been published by Root & Star , Brite Light , and Bravery , and her recent writing and social media work includes clients Red Cap Cards and Seattle's Child magazine. In 2016, she released an illustrated nonfiction crafting book, Print, Paint, and Ink: Over 20 Modern Craft Projects for You and Your Home , co-authored with Emily Grosse and published by Taunton. BETSY PETERSEN is an artist, illustrator, and entrepreneur. She’s spent the past seven years building her own art business--collaborating with organizations such as Papyrus, Minnetonka, Childhoods Clothing, and Bravery magazine. You may have purchased or seen one of her amazing portraits, greeting-card designs, children’s clothing patterns, or another of her works. She is the co-author and illustrator of the forthcoming Happy Puppy, Angry Tiger (May 2021).
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It’s such a wonderful book and my son loves it.
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The genius of this book is that it empowers children while educating adults. For many children being quiet is taken as a sign of social frailty. This book exposes the dangerous flaw in such thinking. For children who have been labeled shy, anti-social, or awkward this book offers solace. Being quiet is okay. It's more than okay; it's perfect. With its subtle message and whimsical illustrations, this book challenges adults to peer deeper into the child's inner-world to discover what's going in the minds of those who prefer not to voice their every thought.
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Love this book. So well written and inclusive. The illustrations are just stunning.
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I Am Quiet is like a flashlight in book form. It illuminates all the things that sparkle inside a young boy named Emile who doesn't talk a lot, prefers not to raise his hand in class, and is, from an adult perspective, shy. Only he's not! Inside Emile lives in a wildly imaginative and complex and beautiful world that he's constantly engaging with, and which brings him great joy and comfort. Outwardly, he's a kid who enjoys playing by himself, taking long walks to notice everything around him, creating art, and sometimes playing, quietly, with another friend. And in his quiet, he is also many other things: smart, brave, curious, kind, creative. What a great reminder that everyone contains multitudes, and we can be ourselves in so many different and wonderful ways. Betsy Petersen's playful, childlike illustrations perfectly complement Emile's inner and outer worlds, and I love her clever use of white/negative space around Emile when he's in his outer world vs. the more bold and colorful kingdoms that he explores internally. This is a beautiful and much-needed story.
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This is a lovely book with dream-like illustration. Perfect for the kids who are named as shy, when they are just introverted. I was a very quiet kid, and often accused of being timid. In fact, I'm not timid at all, just prefer being independent! My own child is quite loud, and I like how this can show him a different way of relating to the world. Relatable and beautifully written.
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