A joyous exploration of imagination and finding inspiration,The Idea in Youis the debut picture book from QuestloveNew York Timesbestselling author, six-time GRAMMY Awardwinning drummer, producer, and Academy Awardwinning filmmakerand Coretta Scott King Honor Awardwinning illustrator Sean Qualls

An idea can come from anywhere.
Start here: reach up into the sky
And unhook a star.

Questloves debut picture book, an uplifting story about passion, creativity, and joyexuberantly illustrated by award-winning artist Sean Quallswill inspire kids to find their own creative pursuits.

Questloveis a six-time GRAMMY Award-winning musician, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur,New York Timesbestselling author, co-founder of the Roots, and the musical director forThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the Roots serves as the house band. He is the author of theNew York TimesbestsellersMo’ 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-nominatedsomethingtofoodabout,Mixtape Potluck, and Grammy-nominated audiobookCreative Quest.Questlove made his directorial debut with the Academy Award, GRAMMY Award, BAFTA Award-winning documentary filmSummer 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, includingBefore 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 aKirkus Reviews,School Library Journal, andChildmagazine best book, as well as BCCB Blue Ribbon Book and aBooklistEditor’s Choice; andEmmanuel’s Dream, which was a Schneider Award winner. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

• Publisher:Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Publish Date:September 24, 2024
• Pages:32
• Dimensions:9.0 X 11.0 X 1.97 inches | 1.74 pounds
• Language:English
• Type:Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9781419738265
• BISAC Categories: Performing Arts – Music, Social Themes – Values & Virtues, Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)