Noisy City Night [Board book]

Sara Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Grade Level: P and up

This oversized board book traces a city across the span of a night -- filled with the people, traffic, parks, streets, stores, and buildings that make up the town. The breadth of the urban experience may all be found here: from the bicyclist lazily gliding through the park to the raucous swooshhhhh of traffic; from the clanging crash of construction work to the quiet of a sweeping streetscape as seen from a high-floor apartment building.
Vibrant colors that zing with the heat rising from a steaming sidewalk are perfectly matched to a syncopated, sound-filled, chant-again-and-again text. Ingeniously die-cut pages reinforce the experience of the city skyline in a stylish book that represents a tour-de-force performance by Sara Anderson.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Sara Anderson is a versatile designer and children s illustrator. Alongside her work on children s books, she has also designed fabric, ceramics, and furniture for clients as diverse as MoMA and Crate and Barrel from her studio in Seattle. Her previous boo

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 6 pages
• Publisher: Handprint Books (February 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593540558
• ISBN-13: 978-1593540555
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,468,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Be sure to notice sweet little story nearly hidden within, February 8, 2011

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Lula McBride (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Noisy City Night (Board book)

This was a hand-me-down book we love so much we're going to buy the companion book, Noisy City Day, and check out other books from the publisher and writer too. At first glance it's just an exciting but jarring cacophony of images with vivid descriptions of noisy sounds of the city. Fun for kids especially little boys who love vehicles and movement. Then second or third read you notice in a small corner, oh look, there's a little cat on the street and somebody's getting the cat. Then later the cat is in their car. Then at the end the cat is in the window of their apartment where it has found its forever home. So behind all the noises and images this book is really a small, quiet, simple little story of adopting a homeless cat. I think the experience of reading the book in this way is just like visiting (and truly understanding) the big city itself. Marvelous.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a book for parents to love too, May 26, 2005

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a claire mccardell fan (midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Noisy City Night (Board book)

Let's face it - buying books for little ones is really more about what looks good to our sophisticated eye. Kids are much less picky. This gorgeous, gorgeous book is fantastic enough to want to spread open and frame in all its believable, beautifully illustrated glory. Great cadence, big pages that the littles hands can turn themselves and stylish enough for even the most jaded mommy and daddy. A super book for all ages.