Sniffles are quiet, but sneezes are loud. Amiably illustrated in a bright, graphic style, Leslie Patricelli’s spirited board book, QUIET LOUD, stars an obliging, bald, and very expressive toddler who acts out each pair of opposites with comically dramatic effect.
Hidup bersama anak-anak di bawah usia lima tahun memang tidak mudah. Kegiatan sehari-hari akan diwarnai dengan membereskan rumah yang selalu berantakan dan muntahan di mana-mana, menengahi keributan antar anak, serta film-film kartun dan lagu-lagu anak-anak, yang kadang-kadang itu-itu saja. Tapi di balik semua kehebohan itu, cobalah diingat bagaimana kita kerap mendengar kata-kata "Aku sayang i…
When do we become adults? What does it mean to grow up? And what are the experiences that propel us forward — or keep us stuck?These are the questions that journalist Moya Sarner sets out to answer as she begins training as a psychotherapist. But as she delves further into her own mind and others’, she soon realises that growing up is far from the linear process we imagine it to be. So begi…
By revealing the uncanny ubiquity of alarms in our daily life, by making us smile about their profound ambivalence, Alice Bennett has written a pleasurable and soothing book. From burglary to belatedness, from house fires to climate change, this exemplary collaboration between literary studies and the social sciences sheds a reflexive, nuanced and joyful light on our darker anxieties. A most ac…