Quiet Karima
$39.96
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2024
Summary
Even if you’re quiet, you can still be loud!
Without silence, there is no music.
Karima is quiet. She’d prefer to listen to the world than to talk. In fact, she listens to the chirps, thuds, and squeaks all around her, and in everything she hears a melody or a beat. As she journeys to her music class, she soaks up all the sounds along the way, until she is ready to perform a song that is uniquely her own.
Celebrated author of Pashmina, Nidhi Chanani, has created a lyri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593205099 |
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| ISBN-10: | 059320509X |
| Author: | Nidhi Chanani |
| Publisher: | Penguin USA |
| Imprint: | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 335g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 213mm x 235mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
“In a world where the protagonist’s quiet can feel like something that sets them apart, Karima finds a place to engage in both listening and expression.” —Publishers Weekly
“A poignant reminder that quiet kids often have richly resonant inner lives.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This lovely, quiet offering speaks volumes about respecting and valuing individuality.” —Booklist
Nidhi Chanani
Nidhi Chanani is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and writer. Born in Calcutta and raised in suburban Southern California, she creates because it makes her happy—with the hope that it can make others happy too. Her debut graphic novel, Pashmina, received starred reviews from SLJ and PW, was a JLG Selection, a YALSA Top Ten Great Graphic Novel for Teens, and was reviewed in The New York Times, among other honors. She has a number of other comics and picture books out in the world as well, including Binny’s Diwali, Jukebox, and What Will My Story Be?. Chanani draws and dreams every day with her husband, kid, and their kittens in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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