The Idea in You: A Picture Book

by Questlove, Sean Qualls (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

It's never too early to inspire young minds, and The Idea in You does just that. Celebrating ideas and how to act on them, this is a charming story that will encourage kids to chase those ideas and make them reality.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419738265
Publisher:	Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	09/24/2024
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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

From the Publisher