The Noisy Indoor Book

 Another "Noisy" book in Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard's collaboration.  Featuring Weisgard's bold illustrations and the cute dog Muffin who has to stay indoors because he has a cold.  

The Indoor Noisy Book

Margaret Wise Brown

pictures by Leonard Weisgard

The Noisy Clock Shop

 Another fun book about sounds and noises accompanied by Art Seiden's colorful midcentury pictures.  Seriously, how wonderful are all the clock illustrations?!  

Mr. Winky, the clock mender, decides to leave his shop and go where there is no noise.   He travels all the way out into the countryside, only to realize that there are noises everywhere, and he's happy to return to the familiar tickity tick and dings and dongs of his clocks shop.

The Noisy Clock Shop

Jean Horton Berg

pictures by Art Seiden 1950

(I can't explain it, but I am such a sucker for faux bois!  I collect a lot of midcentury, vintage images because of it.)

Too Much Noise

Too Much Noise

Ann McGovern

illustrated by Simms Taback 1992

A familiar but fun folktale of learning to appreciate your situation in a new light.  Taback's illustrations of a grumpy old man who is bothered by "too much noise" still make me chuckle.

Too Quiet for These Old Bones

I'd like to think this is the kind of grandmother I'll be someday- wanting noise and excitement!  I do love when there's lots of kids in my house and a bit of chaos.  I don't know why, but it makes me happy!

Too Quiet for These Old Bones

Tres Seymour

pictures by Paul Brett Johnson 1997

Four children have to spend a boring day at their quiet grandmother's house.  But what they soon find out is that their grandmother craves a ruckus! They set off rockets and bang pots and pans and sing and yell as loud as they can, all at their grandmother's urging!