The Idea in You
A Picture Book
Published on 26. September 2024
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-4197-3826-5 (ISBN)
Description
A joyous exploration of imagination and finding inspiration, The Idea in You is the debut picture book from Questlove-New York Times bestselling author, six-time GRAMMY Award-winning drummer, producer, and Academy Award-winning filmmaker-and Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls
An idea can come from anywhere.
Start here: reach up into the sky
And unhook a star.
Questlove's debut picture book, an uplifting story about passion, creativity, and joy-exuberantly illustrated by award-winning artist Sean Qualls-will inspire kids to find their own creative pursuits.
An idea can come from anywhere.
Start here: reach up into the sky
And unhook a star.
Questlove's debut picture book, an uplifting story about passion, creativity, and joy-exuberantly illustrated by award-winning artist Sean Qualls-will inspire kids to find their own creative pursuits.
Reviews / Votes
"Qualls creates fanciful illustrations that are full of depth and texture, and which help to bring the idea of ideas to life-no small feat. An aspirational...selection aimed at encouraging imagination." * School Library Journal * "Motivational... Together, the words and visuals offer readers opportunities to explore how to turn their thoughts into realities... Poignant" * Kirkus Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Abrams
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Illustrations
Full-color illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 288 mm
Width: 240 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4197-3826-5 (9781419738265)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2024
Abrams Books for Young Readers
€17.49
Available for download
Persons
Questlove is a six-time GRAMMY Award-winning musician, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, co-founder of the Roots, and the musical director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the Roots serves as the house band. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Mo' Meta Blues, Creative Quest, Music Is History, and his first children's book series, The Rhythm of Time, as well as the James Beard Award-nominated somethingtofoodabout, Mixtape Potluck, and Grammy-nominated audiobook Creative Quest. Questlove made his directorial debut with the Academy Award, GRAMMY Award, BAFTA Award-winning documentary film Summer of Soul, which broke the record for the highest-selling documentary to come out of the Sundance Film Festival. He is the publisher of AUWA Books, an imprint of MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Sean Qualls's work is a mixed-media combination of painting, drawing, and collage. He has illustrated many picture books, including Before John Was a Jazz Giant, which received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award; The Poet Slave of Cuba, a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book; Dizzy,an ALA Notable Book and a Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Child magazine best book, as well as BCCB Blue Ribbon Book and a Booklist Editor's Choice; and Emmanuel's Dream, which was a Schneider Award winner. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.