A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound facts for kids
First edition cover
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| Author | John Irving |
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| Illustrator | Tatjana Hauptmann |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Doubleday Books for Young Readers |
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Publication date
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September 28, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0-385-74680-6 |
A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, September 28, 2004, ISBN: 0-385-74680-6) is a children's picture book written by John Irving and illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann. The title was originally used for a children's book written by a fictional character (Ted Cole) in Irving's 1998 novel A Widow for One Year.
Plot summary
The story takes place in a house, late at night. A young child, asleep in his bed, awakes to hear a sound he describes as "a sound like someone trying not to make a sound". The child wakes his father and describes the sound to him. The child believes that the sound comes from a "monster with no arms and legs", which "slides on its fur" and "pulls itself along on its teeth". The father and child discover that the sound is coming from the mice in the walls, and the child is comforted by his parent. The two return to sleep.
