Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a man goes to the wise old woman who lives nearby for advice.

A wise rabbi uses a pillow full of feathers to teach a gossipy villager a lesson.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: This story opens with "There once was a man whose house was very small," and it continues, "It was cluttered with things from wall to wall." With a tiny, cluttered house, giggling children, and a snoring wife, the poor man can't get a good night's sleep. If only, he thinks, I had a big quiet house! He throws off his covers and goes to visit the wise old woman at the edge of the village. Surely she can help him solve his problem. And she does, but not without giving him some very unusual advice. “Bring a chicken into your house,” she suggests. And when that doesn't work, she has him add a goat, a horse, a cow, and even a sheep. The ending of the story proves, as so many ancient folktales do, that quite often, nonsense makes the best sense of all. Susan Greenstein's bold illustrations—white pencil on black surface with watercolor - carry the reader through the warm interiors and peaceful nights of the shtetls of Eastern Europe.

A thoughtful picture book illustrating the power of small acts of kindness, from the award-winning author of Sophie's Squash.

Whether you read it quietly or loudly, learning about opposites has never been more fun - or funny - than with this winning book. Sniffles are quiet, but sneezes are loud. Amiably illustrated in a bright, graphic style, Leslie Patricelli’s spirited book, QUIET LOUD, stars an obliging, bald, and very expressive toddler who acts out each pair of opposites with comically dramatic effect.

Levi Black has mostly recovered from the events of a year ago. The only lingering effects are that he's much more well known in York than he'd like to be, and he's a lot more cautious about walking around his house naked. However, those events brought him the capricious and fascinating Blue, so he's not complaining. On the contrary, he's happy, in love, and looking forward to Blue finally moving in with him. And if sometimes he wonders what Blue sees in a boring cartoonist, he keeps that to himself.Blue Billings is finally ready to throw off the memories of his past and move in with the person who means the most in the world to him. His psychic abilities have grown in the last year to his mentor Tom's consternation, but Blue is determined to look on the bright side. He's also focused on ignoring all the warning signs that he's received lately. However, even deeply buried secrets have a way of rising to the surface. And when a surprise from Blue's past turns up and draws them away to a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors, Levi and Blue must fight for their survival once again.From bestselling author, Lily Morton, comes the second book in the Black & Blue series. The books are intended to be read in order.