| A Quiet Place | 
 enlarge | Author: Douglas Wood
Creator: Dan Andreasen
Publisher: Aladdin
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 85022
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 9.9 x 0.2
ISBN: 0689876092
Dewey Decimal Number: 904
EAN: 9780689876097
ASIN: 0689876092
Publication Date: April 26, 2005
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Condition: From our American Warehouse - Delivery in 7-10 days.
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A wonderful book! March 21, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A Quiet Place is a wonderful book to help kids realize that it is good for them to be quiet and think. With all the noise they experience during the day and their constant activities (including music, television, computers, electronic toys, etc.), it is so important for them to be able to think in quiet and daydream. This book gives wonderful examples of the different places a boy goes in his thoughts, and it shows him imagining himself to be different people or animals. For example, when walking on the beach he becomes an explorer discovering a lost continent, when laying in the snow he's a sleeping polar bear, when climbing a hill he becomes a mountain climber on top of the world, when visiting a museum he's an artist admiring his own masterpiece. It is extremely well written and captivating, and the illustrations are beautiful. I came upon this book at the library and am now on-line to order it for my 6 and 4 year old boys (who loved it).
Timely and Moving March 19, 2002
This story beautifully balances a child's inner self-esteem with a wonderful sense of adventure. The young boy in the book looks for "a quiet place" to escape from the intesity of the outside world. My son and I have read it every night for the last week, just before bed. Wonderful writing, truly breathtaking illustrations. The author's earlier work, GRANDAD'S PRAYER'S OF THE EARTH, is one of our favorites.
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