I Like Noisy Mom Likes Quiet: A Mother's Day Story [Hardcover]

Eileen Spinelli (Author), Lydia Halverson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

This book is for ages 5-8. Little Raccoon likes 'clomping and stomping and romping'. He likes noise. He likes messes. But Mama Raccoon, like most mothers, likes a little peace and quiet. She likes sitting on the porch and sketching the cat. She likes tidy rooms. One day, Little raccoon makes an effort to help his mom and makes Mother's Day a very special day.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Eileen Spinelli has been writing since her father first gave her his old manual typewriter with a broken Z. Through school, work, marriage, children, and grandchildren, she wrote and wrote and wrote. Eileen's lyrical verse has graced the pages of more than 35 children's books, most recently Two to Cuddle from CandyCane Press. She is a featured poet in Ideals magazine and lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania, with her husband and fellow author, Jerry. There she continues to write with an electric typewriter in her cozy office on the second floor of their home.

Lydia Halverson was born in Italy and grew up in Chicago. She began her career designing books, but she became fascinated with children's illustration and decided that was what she wanted to do. Lydia has illustrated a wide range of children's stories for a number of publishers. She now lives in a hundred-year-old house in Evanston, Illinois, with her husband and their cat.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Ideals Childrens Books (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082495517X
• ISBN-13: 978-0824955175
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #810,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eileen Spinelli is no stranger to the Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers list. Since her debut in 1991 with Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, an IRA/CBC Children's Choice book and Christopher Award winner, she has gone on to author numerous picture books, poetry collections, and chapter books, including the best-selling When Mama Comes Home Tonight, and the critically acclaimed Sophie's Masterpiece. Eileen lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The playful, humorous and finely detailed color illustrations bring this charming family story to life., November 5, 2006

By 

Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Like Noisy Mom Likes Quiet: A Mother's Day Story (Hardcover)

Written by Eileen Spinelli and illustrated by Lydia Halverson, I Like Noisy Mom Likes Quiet is a lighthearted picturebook about a racoon mother and son. The mother likes quiet activities, such as drying the cat on the porch, and the son loves nothing more than making lots of noise! But one day the noisy boy does his best to tiptoe and whisper all day long, because he wants nothing more than for his mother to enjoy Mother's Day just as she wants. The playful, humorous and finely detailed color illustrations bring this charming family story to life.