Quiet Down Loud Town, written by Alastair Heim, reviewed by Judy Hauser

Summary: This cute story of noises and how they affect us should be a winner with young children. An anthropomorphic elephant is trying to sleep but hears a lot of noise through the window. And the elephant also hears more noise while trying to eat, walk and drink. He wants everyone to quiet down and makes sure they know how he feels. But then the town is too quiet and the elephant cannot sleep so he makes a lot of noise until HE starts getting complaints. The bold, colorful illustrations by Matt Hunt are fun and will be a hit with kids. The examples of onomatopoeia on the pages are essential to the story and are, of course, part of the illustrations. Young children will probably want to recite the words/sounds as the story goes along. A fun book with a cute theme. Recommended. 

Straight Talk for Librarians: This will probably provoke discussions on sounds with young children. It will make for fun and lively discussions.