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Noisy Night
Noisy Night
Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: August 8, 2017
Review
It is night time in a tall apartment building and a boy can't sleep. He hears a noise above his head and wonders what the La La La is...thus the book begins. Each page uncovers one person/group that hear a noise above its/their head and wonder what it is. As the reader turns the page, the noisemaker is revealed. It is a nice concept, with large, bright, simple illustrations that perfectly convey the culprits (a little piece of the upstairs is shown so that the readers can guess). All of the noises follow the "aw" sound so it is a solid book for early readers discovering sounds and spelling, and who might feel empowered by always guessing the culprit correctly. Why does the old man always have to be the cranky one? This perpetuates the stereotype that elderly people are inflexible and prone to yell at others. Simplicity can be good, building phonetic understanding and confidence, but this is not an essential purchase.
Overall Book Score: fair
About the Book
Author:
Barnett, Mac
Illustrator: Biggs, Brian
Illustration Quality: good
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: realistic fiction
Audience: preschool
Binding Type: reinforced trade binding
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9781596439672
Price: 16.99