It’s amazing what you can hear…when you listen to the quiet…
It’s all gone quiet.
Or has it? Listen carefully.
Bubble. Hum. Ping.
Chomp. Crunch. Munch. Burp!
Snore. Whirr. Pitter-patter. Swish.
The world is alive with sound.
And you can only hear it
When
You’re
Quiet!
Come and experience some typical sounds of an everyday house through the eyes, or rather the ears, of the toddler narrator in this delightful, onomatopoeic picture book written and illustrated by Kate Alizadeh.
Quiet! is available in 32 dual language editions: English with Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Farsi, French, Greek, Haitian-Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish Kurmanji, Kurdish Sorani, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tigrinya, Turkish or Urdu.
Or has it? Listen carefully.
Bubble. Hum. Ping.
Chomp. Crunch. Munch. Burp!
Snore. Whirr. Pitter-patter. Swish.
The world is alive with sound.
And you can only hear it
When
You’re
Quiet!
Come and experience some typical sounds of an everyday house through the eyes, or rather the ears, of the toddler narrator in this delightful, onomatopoeic picture book written and illustrated by Kate Alizadeh.
Quiet! is available in 32 dual language editions: English with Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, Farsi, French, Greek, Haitian-Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish Kurmanji, Kurdish Sorani, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tigrinya, Turkish or Urdu.
PENpal – Innovation in audio for children’s books
Mantra Lingua’s PENpal brings dual-language stories alive, with dual-language audio on every page. When a reader touches the page, this clever, innovative digital pen reads the text aloud, in any of the languages in the books.Listening to the lovely world of Quiet!, brought to life in everyday sounds, can help children with their Home Language and with English.
The images help children understand the story, and the PENpal helps with both comprehension and engagement. PENpal users can skip easily between languages, and using the ‘record’ function means they can even add their own voice to the pages. This helps to build confidence, encourages role play, and develops both literacy and oracy skills in English.
Awards
Quiet! won Bronze in the 2018 IPPY Awards for Children’s Picture Books (7 & under).
