The Little Woman Wanted Noise (New York Review Books Children's Collection)
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590177118 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 48 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Annie B. Teal said Noise is good. nice story and great illustrations. Great book with fabulous illustrations My grandmother wrote this book, and I'm thrilled to see it published again so long after she passed. The story is wonderful and the illustrations are just what you would hope from Robert Lawson.. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Lovely childhood memory, especially since I've moved from the quiet 'burbs to the noisy city. Thank you!
“Parents may lose their minds if they listen to the noises which the book will provoke from enthusiastic readers, but the children will have a raucously good time with it. Winter, Vintage Kids’ Books My Kids Love. And those of any age will respond to Robert Lawson’s illustrations, which pictures many familiar details for the young to search out.” —The New York Times “The Little Woman Wanted Noise was Val Teal's first book. The book is at base an animal noises book, with each new animal adding a sound to the list.” —Ariel S. It tells the story of a little woman who lives in the city between a shoemaker and carpenter
In addition to The Little Woman Wanted Noise, The New York Review Children’s Collection publishes Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf, with illustrations by Robert Lawson. Among his forty-odd books are such classic stories as Rabbit Hill, Ben and Me, and They Were Strong and Good. From the 1930s on she contributed personal essays and stories to such magazines as Saturday Evenin
But the little woman doesn’t mind, the big city is her home. Then one day she is given a wonderful gift, a “pleasant, peaceful farm” in the country. Still, something’s missing. A lost classic from the illustrator of The Story of Ferdinand and Mr. Now the farm is noisy indeed. The farm is nearly perfect—only with all the quiet, the little woman can’t relax.So she buys a cow, she buys a dog, a cat and a duck, a rooster, a pig. And by the end of her tale the little woman is happy to find that even though she has no rest, she has peace of mind.Published only seven years after The Story of Ferdinand, The Little Woman Wanted Noise shows Robert Lawson at the peak of his talent and contains some of the most stunning and innovative black-and-white drawings in all of American picture-book history. They are the joyous accompaniment to Val Teal’s story, which reminds us that a lif