Albert's Quiet Quest
  • Published: 7 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9781101917626
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $35.00

Albert's Quiet Quest

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Albert just wants to read his book in peace . . . why won't his friends give him some quiet? A delightful picture book about finding alone time from an internationally acclaimed illustrator.

Albert just wants to read his book in peace . . . why won't his friends give him some quiet? A delightful picture book about finding alone time from an internationally acclaimed illustrator.

There are so many distractions in Albert's Mile End neighborhood, what's a book-loving introvert to do? Desperate for a quiet place to read, Albert storms out to the alley behind his house where his friends and neighbors often meet to play. Lucky him -- not only is no one around today, but he finds an old painting of a beach scene that someone's left for the trash. The painting sparks Albert's imagination, spurring him on a zen-like quest for a quiet reading break on a sunset beach, a moment to unplug and find peace. And he almost does too, except for those meddling Mile End kids . . . who just want to have some fun, as LOUDLY as possible. Will Albert ever find a moment of quiet to enjoy his book? Or could his friends be looking for a book break of their own?

Readers will love this adorably relatable story of a quiet kid, his big imagination and bringing friends together through the magic of reading.
  • Published: 7 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9781101917626
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for Albert's Quiet Quest

PRAISE FOR COLETTE'S LOST PET:
A Quill & Quire Best Kids' Book of the Year (2017)
A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids pick
A Booklist Editor's Choice pick
Starred in CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (2017)
Winner of the Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book Design

"[M]agical . . . Arsenault continues to teach us about children while advancing the art of books created for them." --New York Times Book Review

"Arsenault crafts a story rooted in themes of understanding, empathy, and the way imagination can be used to silently conspire and inspire." --Starred Review, Quill & Quire

"With a graphic-novel-like format, arresting artwork, and a story that will ring true to many little kids with big imaginations of their own, this warm, funny picture book hits all the right notes." --Starred Review, Booklist

"Arsenault's story has the feel of a campfire song, increasingly fun and outrageous until the joyful end and its promise of new friendships." --Kirkus Reviews

"The boundary between picture book and comic is delightfully blurred in this sensitive story about a girl with a yellow raincoat and a fictional lost pet." --National Post

"Arsenault's drawings, in grays, blacks, yellows and a bit of light blue, are sweet but not saccharine, and the hand-lettered text is relaxed and inviting -- much like the entire story. Delightful." --BookPage