Carry the Quiet

A child finds a way to access inner peace—when the world around her feels anything but peaceful—in this uplifting new picture book by acclaimed author-illustrator team Jacqueline Woodson and E. B. Lewis.

Sometimes it seems like you can’t get away from the noise. Especially in a busy school on a rainy day when everyone’s stuck inside. The gym is full of kids shouting, balls bouncing, and rain pelting, and Simone notices that being cooped up in class is making everyone cranky. Fortunately, their teacher knows how to help them find their calm again, using a shiny bowl and a wooden stick to create a beautiful sound that rises above the noise. And as they all close their eyes and breathe, Simone is surprised to discover that even when life feels stormy, she can find the quiet she carries within herself.

With lyrical prose and luminous paintings highlighting the power of visualization, this is an empowering story for readers of all ages.

Jacqueline Woodson (JacquelineWoodson.com) received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the Children’s Literature Legacy Award. She was the 2022 Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence, and was the 2018–2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, won the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, and an NAACP Image Award. Her dozens of books for young readers include Coretta Scott King Award and NAACP Image Award winner Before the Ever After, New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me, Newbery Honor winners Feathers, Show Way, and After Tupac and D Foster, and Each Kindness, which won the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

Author Residence: Brooklyn, NY

E. B. Lewis (EBLewis.com) is the acclaimed illustrator of over seventy picture books, including Each Kindness, The Other Side, and Caldecott Honor Book Coming On Home Soon (all by Jacqueline Woodson); Riding Magic (by Kelly Starling Lyons); the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award winner Preaching to the Chickens (by Jabari Asim); and several Coretta Scott King Award winners, such as Talkin’ About Bessie (by Nikki Grimes) and The Bat Boy and His Violin (by Gavin Curtis). He taught art in public schools for many years and at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He lives in Folsom, New Jersey.

Illustrator Residence:Folsom, New Jersey

• Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
  
• Publish Date: March 16, 2027
  
• Pages: 32
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Hardback
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780593696224
  
• Dimensions: 11 in H | 8.5 in W | 1.3 lb Wt
  
• BISAC Categories: Kids