Book description
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. Review"Motivational....Together, the words and visuals offer readers opportunities to explore how to turn their thoughts into realities....Poignant." Kirkus ReviewsReview"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 JournalAbout the AuthorQuestlove 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.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience