Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern with Simms Taback Illustrations (1979 Softcover)

Peter goes off to the village wise man to find out what he could do about his noisy house. It seemed like a simple enough problem at the beginning, but more and more complications set in-in the forms of a donkey, a sheep, and a cow, to name a few,  

Ann McGovern Scheiner (née Weinberge, 1930 – 2015) was an American writer of more than 55 children's books, selling over 30 million copies.  She may be best known for her adaptation of "Stone Soup," as well as "Too Much Noise," historical and travel non-fiction, and biographies of figures like Harriet Tubman and Deborah Sampson and Eugenie Clark.  

Simms Taback (1932– 2011) was an American writer, graphic artist, and illustrator of more than 35 books. He won the 2000 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat," and was a runner-up in 1998 for "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly."  

New paperback purchased from an individual. Unmarked with no reading creases. 

Copyright 1967.  Scholastic edition published by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company.  Printed in U.S.A.  Copy from 21st printing in 1979.  ISBN: 0-590-02435-3.  No LCCN nor MSR.  Scholastic # TJ1028.