I GO QUIET.

UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. [Published Sept.,2019 (SCOTLAND,Edinburgh) it precedes the US, W.W Norton edn/issue in early 2020,followed by edns in Portuguese,Turkish,German,Italian,Spanish and Chinese amongst others."I Get Loud",the follow-up to "I Go Quiet" will be published in the summer of 2021.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from cover.Bright,clean,matt,colour scenic day and night illustrated covers to front+rear respectively, paper-covered boards with gilt lettered title and other white lettering on front,a gilt spine/backstrip with white letters,rear panel with white lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - though miniscule rubbing with minimal gilt loss to spine's edge,and immaculate plain dark blue sets of endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright,clean and without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread other than my own collation.UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,48pp [unpaginated] includes 16 double-page colour or monochrome illustrations with white text for colour and black text for monochrome illustrations,other full-page,full-colour or b/w page illustrations,a pair of unillustrated pages with black text to white background - all by David Quimet; plus [unpaginated] colour vignetted title page,and a plain white page with dedication in black text.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's nature - i.e. a child's book,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. September 2019,marked Ouimet's debut book as an author and illustrator,"I Go Quiet",and was published in the UK,Australia,New Zealand,South Africa and India by Canongate Books Ltd.[Edinburgh.]
'I Go Quiet' is the exquisite story of an introverted girl,struggling to find her place in a noisy world Through the power of books,creativity and imagination,she begins to see possibilities for herself beyond the present,to a future where her voice will finally be heard.
The enchantingly drawn story of a girl who discovers her voice,was the winner of the 2020 East Sussex Children's Book Award and was also shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.
'Completely original.Unique,in fact.' - Philip Pullman. 'Astonishingly beautiful.' - Neil Gaiman.'Stunning . . . David Quimet understands that to comfort means to strenghten,not to coddle.I want it sent back in time to my seven-year-old self.' - Stephen Fry. 'This is he kind of book the child I was would have stared at for days on end.' - Dave Eggars. 'Poetical,magical . . . bewildering and mysterious.' - Laura Dockrill.
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