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, until it looked as though an entire farm had come to life right there in Peter's house!

But with the proper, if overwhelming, application of true folk wisdom, the trouble was ended. Peter's house was finally quiet.

Or was it?

"This is a funny book, a very...

An old favorite as you've never seen it before

Everyone knows the song about the old lady who swallowed a fly, a spider, a bird, and even worse, but who's ever seen what's going on inside the old lady's stomach? With this inventive die-cut artwork, Simms Tabak gives us a rollicking, eye-popping version of the well-loved poem.

Ever wonder how a road is built? Come along with Caldecott Medalist Simms Taback and find out

First you'll meet the crew. Then you'll see all the trucks up close--cement mixers, bulldozers, dump trucks, graders, pavers--and learn what each one does. And finally, you'll watch a bustling new road come to life

"A splendid introduction to a world that many children find riveting."--Publishers Weekly