What Sound Is Morning?

by Grant Snider

This beautiful companion to What Color Is Night? helps children explore and celebrate their morning routines.

At the first morning light, everything is quiet. Or is it?
Listen.

Welcome the day by exploring the subtle wonders—and exciting sounds—of the morning with this lyrical and picturesque story.

In the first morning light, all might seem quiet. In this companion to What Color Is Night? Grant Snider explores the sounds—and silences—of morning. Ending in an inspiring call to action—to toss off the covers, throw open the window, and fill the world with your song—this uplifting book is sure to help families feel ready to face the day. With bright art as exuberant as the rooster's crow, and humorous text celebrating the chipper alarm, the rumbling stomach, and the clanking garbage truck, What Sound Is Morning? is a moving and timeless look at the way each of us begins every day.

• A perfect book to help children establish healthy sleeping and waking habits and morning routines
• A morning read-aloud book! Help start the day right with this exuberant and positive tale.
• Grant Snider, the creator of Incidental Comics, has over 35,000 fans on Instagram.

For fans of lyrical, beautiful picture books like Today, Good Morning, City, and Before Morning, What Sound Is Morning? will appeal to children who wish to see their world from a new perspective.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Storytime, Nature, Comics

48 pages, Hardcover

First published May 12, 2020

About the author

Grant Snider began drawing and writing before he knew what he was doing. Soon it was too late to stop.

He is the author of the picture books WHAT COLOR IS NIGHT? and WHAT SOUND IS MORNING? and the creator of Incidental Comics. His comics were collected and published in the books THE SHAPE OF IDEAS and I WILL JUDGE YOU BY YOUR BOOKSHELF. Grant's comics about creativity and the human condition have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Best American Comics.

Grant lives in Wichita, Kansas with his wife, daughter, and three sons, where he also practices orthodontics. You can often find him carrying a sketchbook, lost in his own thoughts.

Reviews

[Cam (Lana Belova) · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Today is a melody still to be written,
today is a tune no one's heard before."



There is something about the illustrations and the words themselves that brings the feelings and smells of night or in this case the morning. I love early summer mornings and they were there - warm and welcoming, promising a beautiful day ahead - when I opened this picture book and read the first line!

[chaity · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely beautiful!

This book reminds me a lot of those Studio Ghibli movies I adore. You know the detailed art that makes you appreciate your daily life a little more? Yeah, that. I picked it up on a whim but I don't regret my decision since it made my afternoon better!

It was so short, I'm kind of guilty that It'll be counted in my reading challenge but then last year the shortest book I read had probably three whole pages. Do read it if you want. The worse thing that can happen is you wasting your precious two minutes.

4 refreshing stars

[Bahar meow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aww what a beautiful book cover !

[Mohi Hajihoseini · Rating 5 out of 5]

تصاویری چشم نواز. هر صفحه مثل یک تابلوی نقاشی با جزئیاتی دوست داشتنی بود.

[Maryam Ghaderi · Rating 3 out of 5]

این کتاب کوتاه لذت‌های کوچیک صبحگاهی و slow living رو نشون میده.
صبح‌ها قشنگن البته اگه شب زود خوابیده باشی :)

Stomachs rumble as they pass the bakery…

[Rifat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is it all quiet in the morning? Absolutely not. This illustrated one just with its captions describes the morning. Yes! The moments of morning! The chirping of birds, whispers in leaves, sun peeps through the window quietly. All the sounds we hear everyday can't seek our ordinary minds' attention. People are very busy with all the works. Having a peaceful mind to catch & enjoy the sound of morning is a great thing ever!

I don't know why this book is making me emotional reminding me John Denver's-

Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze.
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong🎵

Sometimes, it is good to be reminded something precious🧡

~9 December, 2020

[mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

i absolutely love how all of Grant’s books teach you to appreciate life, and to make the small moments count. his books never fail to instill warmth inside you, and this was no different. i gave this book a warm hug at the end. ❤️

[Christian Schultheiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this delightfully colorful, thought provoking, easily viewable, and calming children’s books was an unexpectedly wonderful experience for me and my son. It almost felt like walking through a simple yet deep art gallery with a loved one where you minimally talk in reference to bright and delightful artworks while enjoying each others presence and company throughout the experience if you get what I mean. 4.75/5

[Ritika · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Today is a melody
still to be written,
today is a tune
no one's heard before."

There couldn't have been a better way to become mindful of the mornings! Simple words, with simple drawings, yet so profound in its essence.

[Richie Partington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richie’s Picks: WHAT SOUND IS MORNING? by Grant Snider, Chronicle, May 2020, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-4521-7993-3

“Dawn is a feeling
A beautiful ceiling
The smell of grass
Just makes you pass
Into a dream”
-- The Moody Blues (1967)

“What sound is morning?
Lights click on,
a cat softly creeps
a baby babbles
wind whispers in leaves.”

Are you a morning person? I am! Sometimes the dawn is a step ahead of me, but oftentimes I’m the one with the head start on the day.

Saturated in early morning shades of gold, rose, indigo, mauve, and mint, WHAT SOUND IS MORNING? is a poetic celebration of the early morning sounds you might hear if you focus your attention and listen.

Clanking garbage trucks; sprinklers hissing on summer lawns; frogs croaking in a stream; a man hollering toward the pulling-away bus he just missed. There is playfulness in the collection of sounds that author/illustrator Grant Snider has woven into this lyrical picture book.

WHAT SOUND IS MORNING? concludes with a call to:

“...greet the new day
with a stretch and a yawn
throw open the window
and fill the world
with your song.”

A lovely read-aloud for morning circle.

Richie Partington, MLIS
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[Yeasin Reza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Today is a melody, still to be written

স্নিগ্ধকর এক সকাল আর তার নিজস্ব ধ্বনির গুঞ্জরন নিয়ে সুন্দর একখান চিত্রময় বই।

[Vrinda Varma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just what I needed today...
I am going to add this to my challenge shelf because short or not, this was beautiful.

[Abu Rayhan Rathi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't read this kinda book earlier.Simply enchanting!

[parniya.M · Rating 5 out of 5]

و بعد از what color is night نتونستم جلوی خودمو بگیرم و what sound is morning رو شروع کردم :>
اگر بخوام راستشو بگم اینو به اندازه ی what color is night دوست نداشتم ولی بازممم جایگاه خودشو توی قلبم داره و با تمام وجودم از متنش ، تصویراش و حسی که منتقل می کرد لذت بردم ✨
از نویسنده اش واقعا ممنونم که با وجود اوردن این زیبا باعث آرامش روح و ذهنم شد 🥲🤏🏻
*تصویراش و متنش رو ببینید می فهمید چرا :)

[Ghazaal B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

-تاریخ خوانش حدودی-
همه چیز کتاب رو دوست داشتم. از جنس تصویرسازیاش، تا آنچه توجه کودک رو بهش جلب می‌کنه.
از خلاقیتش در انتخاب چیزی که بهش نگاه می‌کنه، تا مدل روایتش که قطعا منجر به ایجاد خلاقیت در کودک می‌شه.
کیف کردم. :)

[Amira Alkady]

Nice, warm and the art style is awesome ...

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I enjoy the nighttime as life's pace slows down or speeds up, depending on what's going on around me, I've always been a morning person, eager to get going on my daily tasks, even if those only involve feeding the cats and reading my books. There's just something about watching the day unfold and listening, as the author entreats us, to the sounds of morning unfolding. It's not as quiet as someone might think. The mention of lawn sprinklers coming on, traffic building on the freeway, garbage trucks making their rounds, and someone making breakfast capture the start of a new day effectively. The final pages encourage readers to embrace the new day with all its possibilities just like those birds perching on those electric power lines along the streets. Readers may enjoy reading this book and thinking about their own morning routines, and maybe even turn around those grumpy attitudes to positive ones as they consider the new day's possibilities. I enjoyed the vivid hues used in the illustrations, created with ink and then digitally colored, since they include vivid purples, oranges, reds, and yellows effectively, and then conclude with a page filled with greens, blues, and pinks. This picture book would be a nice companion for the author's previous What Color Is Night?

[Daina Chakma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enchanting!

[হাঁটুপানির জলদস্যু · Rating 4 out of 5]

সরল আর সুন্দর সব ছবিতায় ভরা বইটা স্নাইডারের "হোয়াট কালার ইয নাইট"-এর যমজ বোন।

[سهى · Rating 4 out of 5]

This lovely book reminded me with the opening theme of the movie La La Land :)

[Sanja_Sanjalica · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely book about morning sounds, reminding us that everyone should just take a minute and think and listen, we rush so often, we forget to appreciate the morning beauty.

[Sierra · Rating 5 out of 5]

another super creative, meditative, book that doubles as a work of art. I love reading this one with my little one and thinking about all the sounds we remember hearing in the mornings. this series could really go on and on

[Angela Falkner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Morning!

[Syifa Luthfianingsih · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suara apa yang biasa kau dengar saat pagi?

Biasanya saat bangun tidur yang pertama kali saya dengar adalah gemericik air dan ikan di aquarium, ayam berkokok, dan yang paling istimewa – dentingan alat masak yang Ibu gunakan di dapur.

Today is a melody still to be written,
today is a tune no one’s heard before.
So greet the new day with a stretch and a yawn
throw open the window
and fill the world with your song.

[Pauline Destinugrainy · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the first morning light, all is quiet. Or is it?

Ada suara burung, ada suara alarm, ada suara saklar lampu dinyalakan, ada suara angin di antara dedaunan.

today is a melody still to be written, today is a tune no one's heard before
so greet the new day with a stretch and a yawn, throw open the window
and fill the world with your song

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The color scheme is so pretty!! The enveloping warmth of the morning can be felt on the color scheme and the overall atmosphere of the book. I felt losing big time that I read this on a black and white paperwhite!! Such a shame!! Anyway, Grant Snider is so wholesome, the reason I love him so much!!

[Juli Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is strikingly unique, from the earthy-abstract, subject matter, to the trippy-tranquil palette of the illustrations. A real stand-out.

[nadinosaurus · Rating 5 out of 5]

So calming ;)

[Lujain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The colour palette and the text felt really soothing.