The Quiet Place
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
STARS Citation
Stewart, Sarah, "The Quiet Place" (2012). Diverse Families. 1787.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1787