Orem Library

From the blare of an alarm clock in the morning to snores and crickets in the evening, simple text explores the many loud noises one might hear during the course of a day.

Early in the morning, a bird begins to sing at the first house on Fish Street, waking the man next door and his dog, and before long, as one noise leads to another, everyone on the street is awake.

Mr. Elephant wants nothing more than some peace and quiet--that is, until he gets it.

A little dog who has a cold stays indoors all day and listens to the sounds of housecleaning, meals being eaten, and the wind and rain beating on the window pane.

"In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse ..."--

When the Loud family moves into the neighborhood alongside Mr. Pitterpatter, Miss Shushermush, and Miss Meekerton, things begin to change.

Sydney's new elephant neighbors make a lot of noise upstairs, but she does not mind as much after she is invited to their parties.

A cumulative tale about a little boy who cannot fall asleep in the noisy old bed at his grandparents' house.

A baby in a stroller sleeps listening to loud city noises, from ten horns beeping to two motorbikes roaring, until awakened by the soft chirp of one sparrow.