This Book is Too Quiet (US BLAD)

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YOU AD D T H E NOISE . . .
Written by CRISTINA CUBELLS • Illustrated by JOANA CASALS

PUFF, PUFF, PUFF INTO THE RED BALLOON UNTIL YOU RUN OUT OF BREATH. IF YOU DON’T TIE A KNOT . . . ALL THE AIR WILL ESCAPE!

FOLLOW THE SCENE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, ADDING YOUR OWN SOUND EFFECTS. YOU CAN TRACE THE SOUNDS WITH YOUR FINGER AS YOU MAKE THEM.

P f i O O O O O O O O O O OO O O O O O O O O

O O P PP P RRRR RR O O O O O O O

A HUGE STORM APPROACHES. IT STARTS WITH A GENTLE BREEZE, FOLLOWED BY RUMBLES. THE RAIN IS COMING.

FOLLOW THE SCENE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, ADDING YOUR OWN SOUND EFFECTS. YOU CAN TRACE THE SOUNDS WITH YOUR FINGER AS YOU MAKE THEM.

! s ! h hh H plink plip plop

Ages: 4–8 | Price: USD $18.99 | Format: Hardcover | Extent: 32pp

Trim size: 11.8in x 9.3in | Pub date: Sept 16th, 2025 | ISBN: 9781804661819

Bisac Codes: JUV009110 / Concepts / Sounds

JUV020000 / Interactive Adventures

JUV051000 / Imagination & Play

AUTHOR

Cristina Cubells holds a degree in Music and Psychology and an MA in Critical and Cultural Theory. Her work and research focus on the crossover between education, theater, and music. She is interested in developing new types of theater in which sound plays a fundamental role.

ILLUSTRATOR

Joana Casals is an illustrator and a graphic designer in Barcelona, Spain. Her children’s nonfiction book Me and the World, featuring infographic illustrations, has been published in 15 countries and won many awards.

This ingenious book invites every child to add their own sound effects to the gorgeously illustrated scenes!

Explore every page of this mesmerizing book and follow the prompts to create your own noises! Enter the storm scene and add the “plip . . . plip . . . plip” of raindrops and the “rumbrumbrum” of thunder. Take a tour of the bustling kitchen and make the “zmmmm zmmmm” of machines and “crashhhhhh” of plates. Gaze up at the night sky and add the “fiiewwwwww” of fireworks as they whoosh into the darkness! With the turn of every page, readers will create their very own landscape of sounds. This playful book offers children a joyfully interactive reading experience, which is both absorbing and hilarious.

• A stylish book with the interactive charm of Press Here by Hervé Tullet and The Book with No Pictures by B. J. Novak.

• Offers a fun, book-play experience for children and their grown-ups.

• A delightful celebration of the printed book in a time of weariness with digitization.

• Gorgeously illustrated throughout with contemporary artwork by Joana Casals.

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