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Peter Carnavas has done it again. Reached inside me and squeezed my heart. Some of us are quiet in nature - in that we crave quiet to listen and to be heard. Being told to speak up or speak more is tedious. Nature offers solace. Fortunately Mary's family stop and finally listen to her and their surr Leggi tutto

Quiet Girl by Peter Carnavas is a beautiful picture book worth reading. Quiet Mary hears a lot because she's so timid and quiet. Her quietness gives her an amazing ability: She can appreciate the better things in life - like dragonflies buzzing and dogs snoring. But, her low volume means many people Leggi tutto

This book is an ode to quietness. Mary, a sweet little introverted girl, loves to experience that quietness. She focuses on the world around her and hears the beauty of a buzzing dragonfly, a lazy sleeping dog, and the rustling of leaves, just to name a few. She revels in and savers the minuscule th Leggi tutto

Cute story about a quiet girl who takes time to appreciate things around her. Eventually her noisy family presses pause on their busy lives to join sitting calmly her in the backyard. I liked Mary's whimsical, carefree nature. Very simple illustrations

Peter Carnavas is an incredibly humble and giving person, who writes from the heart. His picture books are powerful in their subtleties, creating beautiful inferred meaning in not only the words, but illustrations as well.. For the introverts in some of us, his new book ‘A Quiet Girl’, speaks so lou Leggi tutto

I love this gorgeous story that celebrates introverts and the value of quiet. Mary is quiet, but that doesn't mean she has nothing to share. It's just her family can't hear her with all the noise they are making. I love the resolution in this story and the sweet illustrations, and as a quiet person