{"product_id":"the-little-woman-wanted-noise-isbn-9781590177112","title":"The Little Woman Wanted Noise","description":"A lost classic from the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Ferdinand \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMr. Popper’s Penguins\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLANG! THUMP! WHOOSH! BANG! The big city is a noisy place. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the little woman doesn’t mind, the big city is her home. Then one day she is given a wonderful gift, a “pleasant, peaceful farm” in the country. The farm is nearly perfect—only with all the quiet, the little woman can’t relax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo she buys a cow, she buys a dog, a cat and a duck, a rooster, a pig. Now the farm is noisy indeed. Still, something’s missing. She decides to return to the city for that one special thing she knows will make her farm feel just like home. And by the end of her tale the little woman is happy to find that even though she has no rest, she has peace of mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished only seven years after \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Ferdinand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Woman Wanted Noise\u003c\/i\u003e shows Robert Lawson at the peak of his talent and contains some of the most stunning and innovative black-and-white drawings in all of American picture-book history. They are the joyous accompaniment to Val Teal’s story, which reminds us that a life without a little chaos is no life at all.“Parents may lose [their minds] if they listen to the noises which the book will provoke from enthusiastic readers, but the children will have a raucously good time with it. And those of any age will respond to Robert Lawson’s illustrations, which pictures many familiar details for the young to search out.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Little Woman Wanted Noise\u003c\/i\u003e was Val Teal's first book. It tells the story of a little woman who lives in the city between a shoemaker and carpenter and below a printer, so it's always noisy…. The book is at base an animal noises book, with each new animal adding a sound to the list.” —Ariel S. Winter, \u003ci\u003eVintage Kids’ Books My Kids Love\u003c\/i\u003eVal Teal (1902–1997) was born in Bottineau, North Dakota, on February 14th, the third generation in her family to be born on Valentine’s Day. She did undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota during the 1920s and worked for many years as a tutor in the humanities at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. From the 1930s on she contributed personal essays and stories to such magazines as \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoman’s Home Companion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLadies’ Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParents\u003c\/i\u003e, but it was not until 1943 that she published her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Woman Wanted Noise\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to her stories for children, Teal also wrote a memoir of motherhood, \u003ci\u003eIt Was Not What I Expected\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Lawson (1892–1957) was a prolific writer and illustrator of literature for\u003cbr\u003echildren and was the first person ever to receive both the Newbery and Caldecott\u003cbr\u003emedals. Among his forty-odd books are such classic stories as \u003ci\u003eRabbit Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBen and Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThey Were Strong and Good\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Little Woman Wanted Noise\u003c\/i\u003e, The New York Review Children’s Collection publishes \u003ci\u003eWee Gillis\u003c\/i\u003e by Munro Leaf, with illustrations by Robert Lawson.","brand":"NYR Children's Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304740999397,"sku":"NP9781590177112","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590177112.jpg?v=1767740282","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-little-woman-wanted-noise-isbn-9781590177112","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}