Noisy Book

New York: William R. Scott, 1939 Pictorial boards with some shelf wear and chipping to spine ends, previous owner's name in two places; color pictorial dust jacket with light insect damage, small losses, long tears repaired on verso, price clipped. A little dog named Muffin gets a cinder in his eye and must wear a blindfold and rely on his sense of hearing. But what object goes with the sounds he is hearing? The book begs the reader / listener to interact and puzzle out the sounds. This was a novel idea for a picture book at the time, devised by Brown and Weisgard with the help of the Bank Street Nursery School (See Bader pgs. 224-5). Illustrated in bright color with Modernist inspired illustrations. First editions are uncommon.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good Plus/Good Minus. Illus. by Leonard Weisgard. Small 4to.