Rumble Grumble . . . Hush
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Where the Wild Things Are meets Chicka Chicka Boom Boom in this emotionally satisfying picture book tailor-made for reading aloud, which celebrates creativity and the power of imagination.
In a spare, lyrical text, young listeners and readers will follow a little boy through his day, from early morning till bedtime, and watch as what fills his active imagination becomes real. Toys grow to life-size: a tin monkey plays a real drum and fiddle--rat-a-tat, toot!--a stuffed lion roars--rumble, grumble--and a dump truck empties its load--BANG! But when quiet time comes, and a hush settles over his bedroom, animals nap, and the boy becomes absorbed in other activities, like reading and drawing.
Here is an irresistible read-aloud by a picture-book master that captures all the joy of a child's play, and renders a boy's imagination real.
Praise for And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks:
"With quiet phrases and luxurious color, Banks . . . evoke(s) a perfectly peaceful bedtime." --Publishers Weekly
Praise for City Cat by Kate Banks:
"If you have to pack a suitcase, . . . make room in it for this book." --The New York Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The brown-haired, light-skinned boy in this poem by Banks (How to Find an Elephant) has a parent who understands that shifting from raucous play to naptime isn't easy. To help, the mother gives her child a bag of quiet-time amusements: "He makes a puzzle/ and etches lines/ and cuts and pastes a bright design." Lulled into sleep, the boy naps on his bedroom floor before waking and taking up noisy play again. Banks's joyous verse captures the accompanying cacophony: "Rat-a-tat, toot! Cling-clang!/ A monkey drums and fiddles like a one-man band." In polished, silkscreen-like images with crisp contours, Shin (Bumpety, Dunkety, Thumpety-Thump!) makes a toy dragon, bear, rabbit, monkey, and dump truck grow into life-size creations of the boy's imagination before they shrink and turn back into toys. The muted palette is dominated by slate blue and rusts, noise words surprise and excite, and quiet is represented throughout by a stream of delicate particles. There's enough detail on each page to divert even the most vigorous noisemaker. Ages 3 7. Author's)
