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Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep!: Listen to the City Hardcover – Picture Book, May 5, 2009

by Robert Burleigh (Author), Beppe Giacobbe (Illustrator)

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Dawn until dusk, the city is alive with sounds, from the TING-ALING- A-LING of an alarm clock in the morning to the BEEEEEP! BEEEEP! of traffic in the afternoon to the quiet SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH of evening. Noted illustrator Beppe Giacobbe’s bright palette and pleasing cityscapes bring the excitement of the city to life in a story that begs to be read aloud again and again.

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3 - 7 years
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32 pages
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English
Grade level

Preschool - 2
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8 x 0.4 x 10 inches
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Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
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May 5, 2009
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9781416940524
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978-1416940524
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PreSchool-Grade 1—A day in the city begins and ends peacefully with the ticking of the alarm clock and a child's sleeping sounds. The pages in-between showcase scenes from the bustling streets against the backdrop of skyscrapers and public transportation. The rhymes that accompany the story are short but evocative. The day holds many sights and sounds that crescendo with the louder noises. The artist uses a vivid mix of primary and secondary colors to set the stage. At night, the city is transformed using a rich purple with the only light coming from the moon, house lights, and car headlights. Like a scene from a movie, the last spread zooms out of the boy's room to the silhouette of the city and shows a suspension bridge leading into the darkness. A more chaotic page shows lanes of cars with honking horns accompanied by a descriptive rhyme, "Drivers shouting,/In-and-outing." The sounds are placed above or below the objects producing them. The placement and size of the descriptor are never the same. The words "RUMBLE" and "RATTLE" are concealed within a trestle carrying a subway car. Close inspection reveals the boy in almost every scene. The concept is similar to Marilyn Singer's City Lullaby (Clarion, 2007), but more straightforward. A fine selection for children wanting to transport themselves to another place without the hassle of travel.—Lori A. Guenthner, Baltimore County Public Library, Randallstown, MD
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“In spare, elegant illustrations, the city is seen on many levels – underground, street and elevated – with the boy moving through a forest no less mysterious than the jungle room of Maurice Sendak.” —New York Times Book Review

The irresistible cityscapes and playful text will have young urbanites and those anticipating big city sojourns clamoring for repeat visits” —Booklist

“A vivid sliver of city life.” —Kirkus

ASIN : 1416940529
Publisher : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books; Illustrated edition (May 5, 2009)
Language : English
Hardcover : 32 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781416940524
ISBN-13 : 978-1416940524
Reading age : 3 - 7 years
Grade level : Preschool - 2
Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
Dimensions : 8 x 0.4 x 10 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,889,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #692 in Children's Books on Sounds
- #929 in Children's Sense & Sensation Books
- #1,733 in Children's City Life Books

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Lotus Flower Fan

Book for a library donation

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2010

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I ordered this book as a donation for our local library. It came very quickly and when I took the book to the library they were so thrilled to have it. Thank you for great customer service

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Natalie

wonderful book

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2010

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We love this book. We checked it out from the library and it quickly became one of my 2-year-old's favorites, so we bought it. We still love it.

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M. Tanenbaum

a terrific book on city noises for preschoolers

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2009

In this striking picture book, a young boy hears the different noises the city makes from morning to night. This is a terrific bedtime story for preschoolers or even toddlers; the rhyming text is extremely simple, and the illustrations, with their bright, unusual palette for cityscapes, will grab the attention of the child. The story begins with waking up in the morning with an alarm clock and ends with the city peacefully falling asleep. Various noises are depicted in the illustrations, and young children will enjoy imitating the clang clang of the bridge arms, the coo coo of the pigeons, and other typical city noises. It's also a great read-aloud for story times in classrooms or libraries. Highly recommended, especially for little boys!

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It's Me, Sven!

Onomatopee-ewww.

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2016

Kids love onomatopoeia, and this book is a whole lot of that. That is about all it is, though. The cars go beep. The pigeons strut about. The whistle and Ric Flair both go "wooo woooooooooo." There's ring-a-lings, a scritch, a scratch, and a coo. Smashers, roars, and a flitter-flutter, too. The book has no real plot other than one boy whose super-hearing is both a blessing and a curse. Nothing about this book is exciting, but again--kids love onomatopoeia, so...it at least does that. Perhaps for a kid who has never visited the city, this might be plenty.

For a book published in the past decade, the art makes it look a lot older. A partially unbuttoned silk shirt, Dad? What is this, 1988? And readers in Cuba would find some of the car models outdated. What might have made this book a bit better would have been to have told it from the nameless kid's mother's perspective. Then they could add catcalls and her being told empty promises at work. I suppose that would have made for a completely different type of story, though.

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Andi A.

A top pick!

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2011

This is one of my 2 year old son's favorite books to read at bedtime! Highly recommended, a lyrical ode to city life.

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Mal was anderes.

Reviewed in Germany on February 21, 2019

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Schöne Bilder . Tolle Idee. Für kleine top. Denke auch für große.

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