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The Sound of Silence

h1 August 9th, 2016 by jules


“Ma, silence.”
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I’ve got a review over at BookPage of Katrina Goldsaito’s The Sound of Silence (Little, Brown, August 2016), illustrated by Julia Kuo.

The review is here. Below, I’ve got some more spreads from the book. Enjoy!



 


“Yoshio listened to the sound of his boots squishing and squashing through the puddles, and the tiny raindrops pattering on his umbrella.
The sound of his giddy giggles made him giggle more.”
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“‘Sensei,’ Yoshio said, ‘do you have a favorite sound?’ ‘The most beautiful sound,’ the koto player said, ‘is the sound of ma, of silence.’ ‘Silence?’ Yoshio asked. But the koto player just smiled a mysterious smile and went back to playing.”
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“He listened for it through the school day, but there was always some kid making noise. At recess, the sun came out and Yoshio went to the quietest place he knew—the bamboo grove at the edge of the playground. But even there, the bamboo made a takeh-takeh-takeh sound as the wind banged its stalks together. He closed his eyes and heard the swish-swish-swish of the wind making the leaves talk.
It was beautiful, but it wasn’t silence.”
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“That night, Yoshio tried to stay up late to catch the silence while his family slept.
But his eyes got heavy and then heavier,
and soon the sound of a distant radio became part of his dreams.”
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THE SOUND OF SILENCE. Copyright © 2016 by Katrina Goldsaito. Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Julia Kuo. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown, New York.





One comment to “The Sound of Silence”

  1. This looks lovely! Another illustrator for me to research!

         by Mel August 9th, 2016 at 10:18 am

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