Rumble Grumble . . . Hush by Kate Banks

Rumble Grumble . . . Hush by Kate Banks

Where the Wild Things Are meets Chicka Chicka Boom Boom in this emotionally satisfying picture book tailor-made for reading aloud, which celebrates creativity and the power of imagination.

In a spare, lyrical text, young listeners and readers will follow a little boy through his day, from early morning till bedtime, and watch as what fills his active imagination becomes real. Toys grow to life-size: a tin monkey plays a real drum and fiddle--rat-a-tat, toot --a stuffed lion roars--rumble, grumble--and a dump truck empties its load--BANG But when quiet time comes, and a hush settles over his bedroom, animals nap, and the boy becomes absorbed in other activities, like reading and drawing.

Here is an irresistible read-aloud by a picture-book master that captures all the joy of a child's play, and renders a boy's imagination real.

Praise for And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks:
With quiet phrases and luxurious color, Banks . . . evoke(s) a perfectly peaceful bedtime. --Publishers Weekly

Praise for City Cat by Kate Banks:
If you have to pack a suitcase, . . . make room in it for this book. --The New York Times

Kate Banks is the author of many books for children, among them Max's Words, And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. She grew up in Maine, where she and her two sisters and brother spent a lot of time outdoors, and where Banks developed an early love of reading. I especially liked picture books, she says, and the way in which words and illustrations could create a whole new world in which sometimes real and other times magical and unexpected things could happen. Banks attended Wellesley College and received her masters in history at Columbia University. She lived in Rome for eight years but now lives in the South of France with her husband and two sons, Peter Anton and Maximilian. Gabi Swiatkowska has illustrated many notable books for children, including My Name is Yoon, for which she received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award. She lives in France.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781101940495
ISBN 10	1101940492
Title	Rumble Grumble . . . Hush
Author	Kate Banks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Schwartz And Wade
Year published	2018-03-06
Number of pages	40
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.