The Idea in You: A Picture Book
by Questlove (Author) Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
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.
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Publishers Weekly
"An idea can come from anywhere./ Start here: / Reach up into the sky/ and unhook a star" begins musician Questlove in a picture book aimed at promoting creative thinking and imagination. An affirming tone invites readers to explore an idea until it materializes into something more: "It might tell a story, / one word speaking to the next, / and on down the line." Subsequent pages suggest further methods for bringing concepts to life: adding ingredients, changing one's surroundings, and coming back to the idea ("Today is not the only day you have with your star"). Qualls's signature-style illustrations visualize a dark-skinned child amid a range of textural design elements. Together, the creators underscore the positive outcomes of creative work both solo and in collaboration, and a final spread invites readers into creative process: "An idea can come from anywhere. Now, where will it go?" Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. An author's note concludes. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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School Library Journal
Gr 1-5--Where do ideas come from? They can come from anywhere. A star is "idea-ified," and readers are encouraged to reach for it, hold it, and listen. Maybe it becomes a story, or music, or perhaps it's one ingredient in a recipe for something greater. Ideas can be sweet, or sad, but are something that can be molded over time and explored again and again. While evocative for adult readers, this title, centered on ideas and other abstract concepts, may be difficult for children to engage with and access. This book will be best consumed by middle elementary students, through conversation with an adult reader who can solicit their creative thinking. 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. VERDICT An aspirational if abstract selection aimed at encouraging imagination.--Jennifer Noonan
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Kirkus
Poignant, though laced with truths more likely to resonate with adult readers.
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.
JUV057000 - Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
JUV031040 - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
Creative ability
JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music
JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also
