A collection of short poems, such as "Quack, Said the Billy Goat," "Kitchen Sink-Song," "New Shoes," and "City music," which feature all sorts of sounds.
Daisy the duckling and her little brother Pip are so rowdy that they chase away their playmates, but they learn the value of quiet when their mother and Aunt Lily take them to a very crowded, very noisy feeding pond.
Alex calms his younger brother when they hear strange noises at bedtime, but is he brave enough to cross the cold floor of their dark room when a feet-grabbing, toe-eating, noise-making "something" might get him?.
"Just as Lewis the mouse is settling into his near-perfect home for the winter, still wondering what is missing, he hears noises and must roar to scare away whatever horrid creature is scratching and tapping at his tree"--Provided by publisher.