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... After this mysterious explosion which...

"In the middle of the night, a chain reaction of noises wakes the residents of an urban apartment building, and then lulls them back to sleep"--

When Little Bear is frightened by the noises he hears while walking in the snowy woods, his friend Big Bear reassures him.

Owl takes drastic measures to have a good night's sleep.

The mayor visits Ms. Reade's school library, and when he decides it is too noisy, he turns off the computers and Dvd players, locks up all the books, and sends the students and teachers away, but soon realizes that a library is no good if it is not being used.

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.

A little bunny listens to noises all around him and then makes some of his own.

Feeling neglected, Nora makes more and more noise to attract her parents' attention.

Josh, who does not like noise, is continually interrupted in his quiet play by eleven noisy brothers and sisters, but one day there is a strange new sound which only he is brave enough to investigate.

All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless picture book. One that's visually stimulating! With scenic pictures! And style! He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON'T. STOP. TALKING.