Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Singer writes in infectious, rhyming poetry that scans smoothly ... which is echoed in the busy, densely populated, color-saturated scenes." Booklist, ALA
"Cheerfully over-stimulatinga bit like the city itself." Kirkus Reviews
"A love song to the city . . . In this vibrant, terrific picture book, Marilyn Singer and Carll Cneut summon a hip-hooray and ballyhoo all their own." New York Review of Books
"A good time for all." Time Magazine
This clever counting story would also be a good choice for group storytimes.
School Library Journal
Synopsis
Ice cream truck jing-a-linging Nine phones ringing, ten horns beeping In the stroller Baby's sleeping.
Will anything wake up that snoozing baby? Follow the red stroller through the cacophony of the city and find out! Rhythm, rhyme, and lots of noisy onomatopoeia from premier children's poet Marilyn Singer, coupled with chaotic, colorful art from an acclaimed European illustrator, make this a rowdy read-aloud, with plenty of things to find and count on every spread.
About the Author
'Marilyn Singer has written over 70 books for young readers, including both poetry and nonfiction about animal behavior and the natural world, such as Tough Beginnings: How Baby Animals Survive and A Pair of Wings. Her picture book Didi and Daddy on the Promenade was hailed as \"a buoyant look at a family\'s typical Sunday outing.\" Marilyn lives in Brooklyn, New York.Carll Cneut, one of Belgium\'s best-known illustrators, has illustrated ten books for children that have been published in Europe. This is the first picture book that he has written as well as illustrated and the first to be published in the United States.'