Click!

by Jeffrey Ebbeler

The whole family is in bed, and the house is now quiet. Or is it? Drip, drop. Creak, creak. Achoo! A curious bird, who happens to be a lamp, investigates. Jeffrey Ebbelers whimsical nocturnal fantasy explores the world of sound as an endearing bird makes himself useful putting the home he shares with his humans in order.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Storytime

32 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

JEFFREY EBBELER is a New York Times best selling illustrator. He has illustrated and occasionally written over 60 books for young readers. His published work includes picture books, middle grade and chapter books, and graphic novels.

Reviews

[Jason Griffith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool illustrations and a great tribute to the sounds around us. This book teaches us to pay attention to the sounds constantly living and interacting all around us, and it's a great way to teach and play with onomatopoeia for young readers.

[Laura McLoughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great use of onomatopoeia! It was fun to look at the pictures and figure out what was causing the noises. However, it was another book that encourages fake sneezes, which makes the dog angry for some reason.

[Laura Harrison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three stars for the sophisticated illustrations. That is about it.

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

How many faces can YOU find illuminated by the bird lamp as he ventures around the house locating and alleviating dripping faucets, sneezing brooms, and creaking rocking chairs. A great jumping-off point for finding "faces" on inanimate objects at home and abroad.

[Jillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't sure at first, but ended up charmed by the adorable lamp and his goal for the night. Illustrations are fabulous.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I admire people with the patience for clever books like this. I love that the bird makes the furnishings and furniture quieter by making them all more comfortable. But I don't have the patience, and so, overall, I only like this, am not wowed.

Still, educators doing onomatopoeia could use it, if they could manage to get enough copies so small groups could each have one and all* children could see the details.

*almost all, of course... but I think that even readers who are blind could enjoy the book if the pictures were described...

[Brittany Hart · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the humans settle down for bed, the trusty bird (alarm clock thing) shows everything he does to keep the place in order.
I loved this picture book!
I would use this in the classroom for sure! I even think it would be fun to assign a sound to different children and have them do their sound as it shows up on the page.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is kind of a wordless book. The words used are all sounds various items make, items that appear in the adventures of a desk lamp out for a midnight stroll.

[J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A joy to read, filled with onomatopoeia, a creative story, and lovely art.

[Teresa Bateman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's an interesting concept--a picture book told entirely through illustration and onomatopoeia. It's night. A bird lamp sees the boy he guards is tossing and turning. He tip-taps around the house solving small but irritating noise problems. The only evidence of his nighttime ramblings are his bird footprints across the wooden floor, as the house fills up with morning sounds. This is imaginative, with interesting perspectives, leaving it to the reader to tell the story and keep the secret. It would be a good book to share with a child.

[Juliana Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

An unusual crane nightlight investigates the sounds of the night that keep his little boy awake. He follows the drip-drop to the bathroom faucet, the creak-creak to the rocking chair, and the flap-flap to the curtains in the open window. Then he pushes a stuffed animal into the bed so the boy can nuzzle himself to sleep. Until…. Riiiiiing! goes the alarm clock and the day is filled with sounds. http://julianaleewriter.com/books-ali...

[Mrs Mommy Booknerd http://mrsmommybooknerd.blogspot.com · Rating 4 out of 5]

An adventure story about he nighttime noises in a house. These noises peek the curiosity of a bird who happens to also be a lamp. He roams the house and shines his light on all the things making the noises. This book may help kids who get scared by noises at night... to show them they are just the common things in the house making those noises. 4.0 stars

[Christine Turner]

The whole family is in bed, and the house is now quiet. Or is it? Drip, drop. Creak, creak. Achoo! A curious bird, who happens to be a lamp, investigates. Jeffrey Ebbeler's whimsical nocturnal fantasy explores the world of sound as an endearing bird makes himself useful putting the home he shares with his humans in order.

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Age: Toddler-Preschool

I rather enjoyed this one. Lots of noises fill the house and one determined bird lamp sets out to fix the problems. The noises should be read in the same rhythm and with gusto (which always helps). Great for kids that like to find solutions to problems.

[Jocelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a really cute book about the unseen efforts of a lamp that goes around the house at night, taking care of noisy objects to keep the house quiet. With very few words, the story is told through pictures and sounds.

[Edward Sullivan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nocturnal onomatopoeia.

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this would a fun read-aloud and the twist at the end is cute.

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of fun, but in the end it's just noises. This would work better as a lap read as opposed to storytime, so that one child could tell the story in the illustrations.

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun prowl around the house at night. Wordless but sounds.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Click was really sneaky because he could stop being still. I like the author and the illustrator because the book was so funny when click got out of the bedroom.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bird lamp comes to life at night and takes a trip around the house before heading back to his place on the nightstand.

[Chickenlips422 · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book. There are faces hidden on the illustrations on the pages.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

I could hear the sounds in my head as I read it! The sounds plus some really dynamic camera angles make this a super fun read!

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good concept, but hard to follow. Does the bird lamp never notice that he's making noise? And giving a tissue to the broom is just weird.

[Vicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very imaginative story, with interesting pictures - inanimate objects in the story are given human like tributes.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource to teach onomonepia. Sounds in the dark versus sounds in the light can sound a little more ominous. Great illustrations!

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A look at all the noises that happen even when it's quiet at night, and how an intrepid little bird (lamp? OK, that part's weird) settles everything down.

[Mary Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Onomatopoeia!!

[Patricia N. McLaughlin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Original but a bit creepy

[Rani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Household noises investigated by bird, who is also a lamp.