Children's Books About Using Quiet Voices

Every mother knows the challenge of teaching a child when to use an "inside voice." Use the medium of a children̵7;s book to teach your child a lesson about the difference between a quiet whisper and an excited yelp. Through identifying with the animals and children that fill the pages of children's literature, your little one will learn the importance of being quiet.

  1. Books for Babies

    • Leslie Patricelli̵7;s board book ̶0;Quiet Loud̶1; explores the opposites of quiet and loud situations. Her dramatic childlike illustrations demonstrate the difference between using a quiet voice and yelling. With ̶0;Calm-Down Time,̶1; author Elizabeth Verdick gently walks her youngest readers through the process of comforting themselves and growing quiet. The soft colors in her board book illustrations help to reassure and soothe babies. Sandra Boynton, beloved author of baby board books, offers tiny tots a chance to practice loud and soft voices with her book ̶0;One, Two, Three.̶1; Readers progress from whisper-quiet ̶0;one̶1; to loud ̶0;ten̶1; and back to whispering again.

    Toddler Books

    • Entertain your toddler with ̶0;Quiet as a Mouse,̶1; a finger puppet board book by Martha Lightfoot. Young readers will enjoy wiggling the little mouse puppet through each page of the story about a mouse too quiet to be heard. You̵7;ll empathize with the mother penguin in ̶0;Please Be Quiet,̶1; by Mary Murphy. The vibrant illustrations portray a young puffer penguin whose mother continually asks him to be quiet while the baby is sleeping. After a series of loud outdoor activities, the baby puffer finally learns how to play and be quiet simultaneously.

    Preschool Books

    • ̶0;Quiet in the Garden,̶1; by author and illustrator Aliki, trains preschoolers and kindergarteners about the benefit of being quiet. Readers follow a young boy as he silently observes the teaming life in a garden. As you read through this book with your child, discuss how the book might have been different if the boy had decided to use his loud voice instead of his quiet one. ̶0;The Quiet Book,̶1; a new bedtime classic and New York Times bestseller by Deborah Underwood, explores the many types of silence ̵1; from ̶0;hide and seek quiet̶1; to ̶0;bedtime kiss quiet.̶1; Available in hardcover or padded board book, each page is graced with muted illustrations by Renata Liwska.

    Elementary Books

    • In ̶0;Too Much Noise,̶1; a child asks a wise man to help him make animals in his house quiet. Through the humorous full-page illustrations, author Ann McGovern teaches the value of silence. Level 2 reader ̶0;Lucy̵7;s Quiet Book̶1; provides an early version of a fantasy genre. Author Angela Shelf Madearis weaves the tale of young Lucy, who receives a book from a librarian and uses its powers to help her brothers learn to be quiet.

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