The hero of Noisy Neighbours is a tired & grumpy snail who is searching for some peace & quiet. Wherever he goes he bumps into his neighbours
- chirping sparrows, singing foxes, hooting owls, quacking ducks & buzzing bees
- each noisier than the last! In the end he decides to invite all his neighbours to a party where they make lots of noise & have so much fun they are tired out & fall to sleep. At last the snail can get some peace! This amusing story is illustrated with the colourful screen-prints that have made Ruth Green one of the leading illustrators of her generation. The different animal characters are framed within decorative branches & flowers, the prints` bold colours creating striking contrasts as each page is turned. Noisy Neighbours, along with Big-Top Benn & Counting Birds, are our first books on a newly dedicated paperback list for children`s picture books. Produced with the same care & attention to detail as all of our books for children, we hope this series will make the innovative & creative artwork, for which Tate Publishing has become so well known, accessible to even wider audiences.