AustLit

An account of the sounds heard in the home. Each non-rhyming couplet is accompanied by a framed illustration of the noisy event.

Barrie wants Smokey Mokes to take him to kindergarten. The little green train doesn't slow to talk to his friends, the little brown bridge, the little red house, the old spotted cows and the little green house, but rushes to collect Barrie from the next station and get him to kindergarten on time.

Jimmy tries to find the clock's lost tick. He seeks help from the dripping tap, the banging door, the yapping puppy, the tweeting canary, the clucking chicken and the buzzing bee. Finally, Jimmy's father makes a strange noise at the back of the clock and it's tick returns.

Mother duck looks for her cheeky ducklings.

All of the dolls in the doll shop play and dance at night, but none wants to play with Christobel who is regarded as ugly because her eyes are always shut and she never talks. When Judy comes to buy a special doll, she takes Christobel from her box and discovers that she opens her eyes and says 'Maa-Maa'. Judy takes Christobel home and all of the other dolls were very sorry that they hadn't played with her.

An illustrated story about a healthy breakfast and well-mannered child.

An account of the noises that precede bedtime, from the 'shchoooosssss' of the bath water to the 'click' of the light switch.

Little Joe has a penny to spend. He is offered lots of noisy things for his penny: a rooster, a turkey, a horseshoe, a saucepan, some nails and a hammer, a box of matches and some crackers, a drum, a pony, a kitten, a calf, a pig, a jangling money-box, and a tractor. When Joe hears the bell of the ice cream man's little cart, he decides to buy an ice cream.

An account of the noises you might hear outside.