Too Much Noise

by Ann McGovern

Other authorsSimms Taback (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 1967

Status

Available

Call number

398.2

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

Your library

Publication

HMH Books for Young Readers (1967), Edition: Library Binding, 48 pages

Description

Peter complains his house is too noisy so the wise man advises him to obtain some rather unusual house guests.

User reviews

LibraryThing member ezwicky

An old story, retold nicely with lots of repetition and onomatopoeia for small children. I knew it with a rabbi for the wise man; the book retains a yiddish sensibility somehow without being overtly Jewish at all.

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LibraryThing member bplma

A good version of the well known Jewish folktale, McGovern's retelling is detailed enough to appeal to older children and adults, while still managing to retain the simplicity, the repetition and the humour that makes this tale a favorite of young children. (see the flannel board version from Judy

Sierra). Simms Taback's illustrations--lively, colorful and fun--only enhance the retelling of this well loved classic. One of my current favorites, it is a favorite when storytelling for all ages and it should circulate widely

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LibraryThing member sdlucas

This is a very funny and cute book. It is definitely for younger children. It is about a man that thinks his house to to loud. Well, after having many animals in his house he learns that it is not very noisy after all.

LibraryThing member medebrielle

Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern is about an old man who lived in an old house. The house creaked, and was covered with leaves from the wind. The teakettle made too much noise and he just had it with the house. He said the house was too noisy and he had to do something about it. So he went to town

and explained his problem to a wise man. The wise man told him to get a cow. But this only made more noise. He went back to the wise man, and this time he told him to get a donkey, so he did. Now the donkey made too much noise! So he went back again and got a sheep, a hen, a dog, and a cat. He went back to the wise man and was furious. All these animals made more noise than he started with! He began telling the wise man all the noises the animals make and the wise man said, let all the animals go. Now that all the animals were gone, the old noises of the squeaky bed, and the windy leaves, and the tea kettle whistling suddenly sounded very good.

This website, has readers theater for another story related to this one also called Too Much Noise. It would be fun to see the children act this story out.

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LibraryThing member amandapfloyd

Peter was an old man who lived in a house he felt was too loud. So he went to the wise man for help. Each time he went to see the man, Peter was told to add one farm animal after another to his home, including a cow, horse, goat etc. When Peter couldn't take it anymore the wise man told him to send

all the animals away. Peter then realized how quiet his home really was.

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LibraryThing member jfoster_sf

Classic picture book about a man unhappy with how noisy his house is (the floor creaks, the bed squeaks, etc), and goes to the village wise man for help.

LibraryThing member derbygirl

(fiction, easy, folktale) This patterned language book is reminiscient of folktales/songs from Jewish heritage. Peter, the old man, is frustrated by the peaceful sounds of a hissing tea kettle and blowing leaves on his roof. He goes to a wise man who suggest he incorporate several farm and domestic

animals into his household. Now Peter's home is so noisy that he can't think straight. Following the wise man's advice he releases all the animals he has acquired, and is dumbfounded as to how peaceful his home really was. This book is a good tool to explore Folklore, but also the old adage to be grateful for what you have. I think a fun activity to accompany this book would be (for the younger set) to make animal face masks (from the book- dog, cat, horse,donkey etc) on paper plates (with popsicle sticks for their hands to hold them with) and encourage the children to hold the plates in front of their faces and make the various animal noises together at the same time. The teacher/adult could ring a loud bell(or the like) and that would signal silence at which point the children would stop making their noises. The teacher/adult could talk about how quiet vs. how noisy it is.

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LibraryThing member jtabb0709

I love this book. It's about an old man who thinks his house it too noisy. So he goes to get advice from the wise old man. He tells him to put in a whole bunch of random, noisy animals. Throughout the story his house becomes louder and louder and each time he returns to the wise old man for more

advice. In the end the wise old man tell him to take out all of the animals and his house is finally quiet. He realizes it was quiet before.

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LibraryThing member Emily_Cobenais

An old man finds that there is too much noise in his house so he receives advice from his friends about what to do to fix this. After taking their advice he realizes that his house is even noisier. He puts his house back to the way it was in the beginning and it is quiet for once. This book is for

elementary grades.

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LibraryThing member HelenDiekoff

This story is about an old man who thinks that there is too much noise in his house and does what he can to fix them. After all of the changes he makes he realizes his house is even noisier, and puts his house back the way it was. This book is intended for elementary grade students.

LibraryThing member LDobson

An old man can't stand the noise in his house and seeks a wise mans advice. The advice? Bring some animals home! The noise becomes too much for the old man. Great story about being happy with what you have and knowing that it could always be worse. Great for grades 1-4

LibraryThing member LinneaWarner

This book is about an old man who complains about havering too much natural noise in his house and realizes that the noise is not as great as other noises can be. I enjoyed this book because it teaches children that strange noises around the house are normal. I would recommend this book for grades

K-3.

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LibraryThing member kelsiemaxwell

An old man complains that his house makes too much noise. He then goes and asks a wise man what to do. The wise man informs him of all these animals to get but they all made his house noisier. He then goes back to the wise man and the wise man tells him to get rid of all the animals and then his

house wasn't noisy at all. This is a cumulative tale for young children from kindergarten to second grade.

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LibraryThing member DellaShaw

About a man who complains because his house makes noises and he can't sleep.The man went to see the wiseat man in town to find out what he can do to get rid of all the noise and a few things were suggested to him.

LibraryThing member ChengYenLee

This story is about Peter the old man trying to find a way to fix the noisy house. He got all different kinds of animals and thinks it may help to fix the noise in the house. In the end, the noisy house is no longer noisy. Read the story and find out what happened.
This is a good read for 1st grade

to 4th grade.
This is a good read for 2nd to 4th grade.

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LibraryThing member Mcs018

The book can be used to show that books can be silly. The students will enjoy the suggestions given to reduce the noise in his house. I found the book to be kinda silly.

LibraryThing member raizel

A secular version of a Yiddish folktale, good for young children---few words and lots of repetition. The rabbi has been replaced by a wise man and the unhappy occupant of a noisy home lives alone instead of with a large family. Interesting to compare it to Marilyn Hirsh's Could Anything Be Worse?,

my favorite version.

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