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Product Description Digga-digga-digga-digga, zat, zoom, crash! Leslie Patricelli's lovable (but noisy!) character finds an ingenious way to create a sound all his own. Even before he was born, Mike started drumming. Kick! Thump! Pow! Wherever he goes, his rhythms sing: swis, thak, go his books; bang, clank, goes the trash can; tap, tap, go his pencils; and “BE QUIET, MIKE!” yells everyone around him. But one day Mike sees a drum set in a store window — and puts his hands-on talents to work in a most impressive way. With the bold graphic style and clever details her readers love, Leslie Patricelli strikes a cymbal for active, high-energy little monkeys everywhere. Review Patricelli's bright acrylic pictures are the definition of upbeat and bouncy, and she gives the irrepressible, well-meaning Mike unexpected depth and poignancy. —Publishers Weekly A marvelous model of a family ultimately nurturing the member who marches to his own beat. —Kirkus Reviews From the Inside Flap LESLIE PATRICELLI is the author-illustrator of Higher! Higher!, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, The Birthday Box, and the beloved board book series featuring her baby character, including Yummy Yucky, Quiet Loud, Blankie, Tubby, Potty, and others. About Be Quiet, Mike!, she says, "My son, Beck, started playing drums as soon as he could hold a stick. He thought the whole world was a drum set, and he played on everything." Leslie Patricelli lives in Idaho with her husband and three children. About the Author Leslie Patricelli is the author-illustrator of the award-winning Higher! Higher! and two stories about the Patterson puppies. She is also the creator of a series of best-selling board books starring an adorable bald baby. Leslie Patricelli lives in Ketchum, Idaho, with her husband (a drummer!) and three children.