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1) The noise
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse..."--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Just as some influencers inspire us to tidy up household clutter, The Power of Tranquility in a Very Noisy World takes personal organization a step further -- into the sonic realm. Bioacoustician Bernie Krause shares healthful tips that identify and reduce the damaging aural assaults that besiege us -- incoherent dissonance that impacts our health more than we may realize. With his reassuring guidance, you will be able to fine-tune your surroundings,...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
With forays into archaeology, neuroscience, biology and design, Cox explains how sound is made and altered by the environment, how our body reacts to peculiar noises and how these mysterious wonders illuminate sound's surprising dynamics in everyday settings.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From a mindfulness expert and a leadership coach, a book that looks at the science, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality of silence by giving new context to the noise all around us--physical and metaphorical--to change the way we hear and experience the world"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although he has been warned that he will wake the dead, Henry continues to make too much noise until the warning comes true, and then he must find a way to help the dead rest in peace again.
10) The loud book!
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
From the blare of an alarm clock in the morning to snores and crickets in the evening, simple text explores the many loud noises one might hear during the course of a day.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Listening to doctors, neuroscientists, acoustical engineers, monks, activists, educators, marketers, and aggrieved citizens, George Prochnik examines why we began to be so loud as a society, what it is that gets lost when we can no longer find quiet, and what are the benefits of decluttering our sonic world.
12) Nora's room
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
There's such a racket coming from Nora's room that her mother imagines a series of outlandish events going on up there.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Early in the morning, a bird begins to sing at number One Fish Street, waking the man next door and his dog, and before long, as one noise leads to another, everyone on the street is awake.
14) Good night Owl
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Owl takes drastic measures to have a good night's sleep.
15) Bear's day out
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bear decides to visit the city, he becomes overwhelmed with all the noise, but luckily some helpful children guide him on his way home again.
16) Cloud nine
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
It's much too noisy at Armstrong's house, so when his dad tells him to go outside, Armstrong builds himself a ladder up to the clouds where he can have some peace and quiet.
17) Quiet!
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Papa Lion threatens to eat any jungle animal who wakes Baby Leo from his nap, he finds himself getting very hungry.
18) Fluffywuffy
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Moot loves his quiet life with his dog, Fluffywuffy, but when his cousin Clarence arrives unannounced, their existence soon becomes anything but peaceful.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book, an astonishing and transformative meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us, the silence within us, and the silence we must create. By recounting his own experience and discussing the observations of poets,...
20) Be quiet!
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rupert the mouse wants to star in an artistic, wordless picturebook, but his animal friends cause problems by talking too much.
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