Everyone knows a Loud Emily. An absolute gem of a book! Superb illustrations, engaging text and a cracking protagonist. Emily doesn't mean to be loud. But whenever she says anything in her Emily voice, windows crack, plates shatter and the neighbours can't believe their ears! It seems like she'll never fit in until she sees a sign that says, LOUD HELP NEEDED NOW. And so climb aboard with Emily and set sail for an adventure on the high seas with whales, storms, ships and a little girl with a very big voice.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Simon & Schuster .

This is Alexis O'Neill's first picture book. She began her career as a primary school teacher and now designs education programmes for museums. She lives in California with her husband David and her three naughty cats. Nancy Carpenter is a very successful and innovative artist. Her art for Loud Emily incorporates elements of the naive style of nineteenth-century American paintings and portraits. Nancy lives in New York. Nancy Carpenter is the acclaimed illustrator of Fannie in the Kitchen, as well as Masai and I, Sitti's Secrets, and Loud Emily, among other books. She lives with her husband, daughter, and cat in Brooklyn, New York.