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Quiet as Mud
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9781433841538
Publisher: Magination Press (R) -- American Psychologica
Published: Apr 23 2024
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.40 Width: 8.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Awards: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Winner, 2024
The Children's Book Council (CBC) K-2nd Grade Children's Favorite
A gentle, award-winning picture book that celebrates the beauty of being quiet, thoughtful, and perfectly yourself in a world that never stops talking
What can you hear when you stay quiet as mud? Inspired by the beloved children's book author Margaret Wise Brown, this softly illustrated poem invites young readers to slow down, listen closely, and discover the rich, wonderful world that opens up when you sit still and pay attention. In soothing rhymes and warm, dreamy illustrations, Quiet as Mud shows children that you don't have to be the loudest voice in the room to have the most interesting things going on inside.
This is a book for daydreamers, deep thinkers, and the kids who watch and wonder while the world buzzes around them. Rather than asking quiet children to speak up or come out of their shell, Quiet as Mud does something rare: it tells them that who they already are is something beautiful. Whether read together at bedtime, shared during a calm moment at school, or enjoyed in a cozy reading nook all alone, this is a book that gives introverted kids permission to embrace their quiet nature and helps the grown-ups in their lives understand and appreciate it too.
Key features:
- celebrates introverted and quiet children honors kids who are observers, thinkers, and listeners, showing them that their quiet nature is a strength, not something to fix
- soothing rhyming text and soft illustrations a calming, lyrical reading experience that invites children and adults to slow down, breathe, and notice the world around them
- inspired by Margaret Wise Brown pays tribute to one of the most beloved voices in children's literature with a poem that captures the same sense of wonder and stillness
- great for home, classroom, and therapy settings perfect for bedtime routines, calm-down corners, mindfulness lessons, counseling sessions, and any moment that calls for a little peace and stillness
- trusted publisher from Magination Press, the children's imprint of the American Psychological Association, dedicated to emotional well-being and healthy development
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