Why Are You So Quiet?
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Description
Into a world where it often seems nobody is listening comes a poignant story that celebrates the power of silence.
鈥淲hy are you so quiet?鈥� Her teacher implores it, her classmates shout it, even her mom wonders it. Everyone, it seems, is concerned for Myra Louise. So, in search of an answer to the tiresome question nobody will stop asking, she invents a listening machine. If the raindrops, or the crickets, or the dryers at the laundromat can tell her why 迟丑别测鈥檙别 so quiet, maybe Myra Louise can finally make everybody understand. But the more she listens, the less interested she becomes in finding any answer at all. Because Myra Louise comes to realize that all she really needs is someone else to listen alongside her.
With gorgeous illustrations from Risa Hugo, Jaclyn Desforges鈥檚 first picture book champions introversion and the value of being a listener, a thinker, and an observer in our increasingly loud world.
Awards
- Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Award, BC Young Readers鈥� Choice Award 2021
- Joint winner, TD Summer Reading Club 2023
Reviews
鈥淭he illustrations are charming and beautifully done. The book is a tender challenge for children (and adults also) to be silent observant listeners too. Take heed . . . the world has lots to teach us in its silence! I highly recommend this book. Well done!鈥�
- Storywraps, 06/16/20
鈥淎 delightful read.鈥�
- BuzzBees Book Reviews, 07/21/20
鈥淐elebrates diversity by championing Myra Louise鈥檚 quiet, contemplative way of being . . . Should be read aloud in every Kindergarten classroom across the country, but it also deserves a place in libraries and homes.鈥�
- CM Reviews, *starred review, 06/26/20
鈥淎 great story for children who both love to talk and love to listen.鈥�
- Hidden Worlds Books, 08/25/20
鈥淭his endearing must-read of a quiet heroine is sure to become a classic go-to tale in a frenetic world.鈥�
- Canadian Children鈥檚 Book News, *starred review, Fall/2020
鈥淭his book could really open up a discussion about how children are all different and how it is important to embrace those differences.鈥�
- Youth Services Book Review, 10/28/20
鈥淭eaches kids to slow down, to appreciate something more than technology.鈥�
- My Book Abyss, 01/13/21
鈥淎uthentic and inspiring.鈥�
- Sal鈥檚 Ficiton Addiction, 02/04/21