The Quiet Place

The Quiet Place

Authors

Sarah Stewart

Illustrator

David Small

Publisher

Margaret Ferguson Books

Publication Year

2012

ISBN

9780374325657

Pages

44 pages

Genre

realism

Format

picture book

Item Type

Fiction

Annotation

When Isabel and her family move to the United States, Isabel misses all the things she left behind in Mexico, especially her aunt Lupita and hearing people speak Spanish. But she also experiences some wonderful new things -- her first snow storm and a teacher who does not speak Spanish but has a big smile. Even better, Papa and her brother Chavo help her turn a big box into her own quiet place, where she keeps her books and toys and writes letters to Aunt Lupita. As she decorates and adds more and more on to her quiet place, it is here that Isabel feels the most at home in her new country while she learns to adjust to the changes in her life.

Grade Level

K-3

Lexile Measure

AD540L

Diversity Topics

Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Language barrier; Bilingual; Immigrants and refugees; different languages; translation; learning a new language; bilingual child; Spanish/English; immigrant family; immigrant children; immigrant parents; migrants; migration; relocation; resettlement; emigration

Main Character

female child

Race/Ethnicities

Latinx (Mexican)

Family Formation

mother and father

Awards

100 Magnificent Children's Books, 2012 Picture Book
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2012
Building STEAM with Dia, 2014
Information in English and Chinese
Kirkus Best Children's Books, 2012
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2012
New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 2012 Picture Book
NYPL Children's Books 2012, 2012 Picture Book
Publishers Weekly Book Review Stars, 2012
Wall Street Journal's Top 10 Children's Books, 2016 Children's Book

Keywords

Mexican Americans; homesickness; aunts; letters; learning English; new country; assimilaton; Michigan

Diversity Impact

direct

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