The Noisy Book

by Soledad Bravi, Soledad Bravi (Illustrator)

Overview

With over 100 pages, this unique boardbook is full of bright, bold illustrations and lots of noises to make. It's perfect to share with a baby or toddler.

The owl goes hoo hoo
The cat goes meow
The raindrop goes plop
The door goes knock knock
The baby goes waaa
Daddy goes shhh
The kiss goes mwahh

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781877467523
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Pages:	116
Sales rank:	922,696
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 5.40(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Soledad Bravi was born in 1965 in Paris. She has worked as an artistic director in advertising before returning to drawing. Today she is the author of many books and draws for French Elle magazine.

Editorial Reviews

Rich and original (two words not typically associated with the often merely-a-downsized-picture-book genre), this gem will delight parents as much as it does young children, partly because it's not as simple as it looks despite the straightforward this-sounds-like-that format.

The New York Times - Pamela Paul

Combining the tidy trim size and young audience of a board book with the range of an encyclopedia, this celebration of sound is epic in its scope and delightful in its execution. Printed on thin but sturdy glossy paper, each spread pairs a simple declaratory sentence (“The monkey goes oo oo oo,” “The fish go blub blub”) with Bravi’s friendly, chunky cartoons, outlined in thick black. Animals feature on most of the pages, though vehicles and various objects also appear, and Bravi includes some outside-the-box options, too (“The snail does nothing but move its elegant feelers”). Clever and raucous fun. Ages 1–up. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

"With a catalog of over 50 animals and objects on 116 thinner-than-normal-but-still-sturdy pages (probably the longest board book on record), this offering gives youngsters plenty to chatter about." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

In this French import, animals, machines and various objects make their signature sounds. Each spread presents a simple sentence on the left and bold cartoons drawn with thick, black lines of the subject in question on the right. Bravi's selection of noisemakers runs from the typical ("The cat goes meow") to the surprising ("The train goes takataka takataka") to the overly abstract ("Pain goes ouch," which is paired with an image of an upturned tack) to the delightful ("The snail does nothing but move its elegant feelers"). Most of the quirky drawings in both muted and bold colors will be easily identifiable to little ones, but some--vehicles, for example--are a little less than clear. The title appropriately quiets everything down at the end with a kiss. With a catalog of over 50 animals and objects on 116 thinner-than-normal-but-still-sturdy pages (probably the longest board book on record), this offering gives youngsters plenty to chatter about. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews