Mr. Winky loves his noisy clock shop - until Mr. Glum comments on all the racket. Suddenly bothered by the tick-tick-ticking, Mr. Winky decides to get away for a while. But no matter where he goes, there's noise! Before long, Mr. Winky can't wait to get back to the comfort of his noisy clock shop. -- from back cover.

"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..."--

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.

Unable to be quiet since he was born, Holler Loudly only gets louder as he grows up which gets him in trouble at school, the library, and the movie theater, but when a tornado threatens the state fair, Holler's voice may save the day.

The excessively quiet town of Pupickton and the sleeping lovesick giant upon which it was built, are both awakened by the joyful noise of a little girl's songs.

Pig is trying to take a nap, but his friends are making all kinds of noise.

One night on the silly savannah as some animals are preparing for bed, they are disturbed by a loud hubbub and set out to discover its source.

Bella's enthusiasm, and her very loud voice, almost ruin a field trip to the art museum, but when she accidentally gets on the wrong bus at the end of the day, her shouting comes in handy.

When the world was young, butterflies were so noisy that they did not see the beauty around them--until a great storm transformed and silenced them.