Arcadia Public Library

A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

Though he is used to the city streets, Barney's horse becomes frightened of the noisy new overhead trains.

"I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumber mill, and they find disaster and misfortune lurking...

Rhyming text describes the many sounds of the city.

Petunia, a goose, discovers a huge, exciting world outside the realm of her farm home, but is happy to return to the farm and her friends.

One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.

Rhyming text reveals the rhythms of a city street and how they sound like music.

Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches.

The sounds of the big city are brought to life in labeled pictures showing such sources as motorcycles, fire engines, pigeons, and police whistles.