Katrina Goldsaito (Author) Katrina Goldsaito's favorite sound is the sound of bare feet on tatami mats. In Tokyo, she worked as an on-camera TV journalist and producer for NHK-World, and has written for National Geographic, The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, and The Japan Times. She lives near Golden Gate Park with her husband and son, and spends her days eating avocados and working on her first YA novel.Julia Kuo (Illustrator) Julia Kuo's favorite sound is kuk-kuk-kuk (the sound an angry squirrel makes). She is the illustrator of Go, Little Green Truck and has created illustrations for American Greetings, the Cleveland Public Library, The New York Times, and Capitol Records, among many others. She works from Chicago for most of the year, and from Taipei over the winter.
* "An inviting tale that will stretch inquisitive and observant
young minds--and may even lead children to a greater appreciation
of that golden commodity, silence."--Kirkus Reviews, starred
review
* "The language in this picture book evokes the cacophony of sounds
a person hears throughout daily life and the beautifully drawn
images show where these sounds come from."--School Library
Connection, starred review
* "This book will be especially welcome in settings that teach yoga
and mindfulness, but its message and striking art will be
appreciated anywhere the din of daily life can overwhelm."--School
Library Journal, starred review
"Although the text is a smooth, self-contained bit of storytelling,
Kuo's digitally colored pen drawings perform glorious double duty,
introducing the bustling street scenes and orderly private
interiors of Yoshio's beloved Tokyo, and translating the concept of
ma into literal and figurative imagery."--The Bulletin of the
Center for Children's Books, starred review
"Debut author Goldsaito's final passages about ma successfully
illuminate the term and could be used to teach children to
meditate...."--Publishers Weekly
"Deeply resonant...richly descriptive...The meditative pleasures of
the book deepen with the thoughtful, dramatic compositions and
bright colors of Kuo's illustrations. Read the notes, listen
closely, and you might be able to hear the music and the silence
too."--The Boston Globe
"Goldsaito's gentle prose and Julia Kuo's vivid woodblock-style
illustrations...beckon the reader into Yoshio's world of sound...So
intent is his listening that the moment when Yoshio finds that he
can hear the silence feels like a treasure--or a perfect
note."--The Washington Post
"One of my absolute favorite books of the year, I'll tell anyone
who will listen that The Sound of Silence is like a dharma talk led
by Christopher Robin. Which is about as high a compliment as I can
give."--The Huffington Post
"Only when Yoshio least expects it does the longed-for moment,
breathless and fragile, arrive in this handsome picture
book...."--The Wall Street Journal
"This pensive study of scenes and senses elicits new
appreciation."--The San Francisco Chronicle
"Whether or not young audiences understand the lovely (but somewhat
enigmatic) Zen lesson about silence, they will certainly grasp
Yoshio's love for Tokyo's 'stream of sounds'."--Horn Book
"Yoshio's journey, rendered in pen and digital color, beautifully
captures the bustle of Tokyo on a rainy day....Easily distinguished
by his bright yellow umbrella and rain boots, [Yoshio] darts
energetically from page to page."--Booklist
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