Sound of Silence
No. of pages 40
Published: 2016
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Yoshio thinks Tokyo sounds like a symphony hall! He delights in everyday sounds--shoes squishing through puddles, raindrops pattering down, and lots of giggles! But one day he meets a musician who tells Yoshio that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for the sound of silence. Yoshio must hear this! But how can he find it amid the hustle and bustle of the city?
In the vein of Wabi Sabi, this book explains a sophisticated Japanese concept in a child-friendly way.
This book has been graded for interest at 3-6 years.
There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Little, Brown & Company .
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. 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.