This is one of my favorite childrens books. I learned about it from watching the movie A Door In The Floor with Jeff Bridges...a must see :)

This book shows how a child's imagination at night can turn the house into a very scary place. It was written well and the illustrations really added to the story.

Really wonderful! I couldn't believe when I saw this available and I'm so glad more people have been introduced to Mr. Irving from something like this. One of my all time favorite lines, too.

I liked this one. It is a different kind of children's book, but my kid's were able to understand the joke. Recommend this one.

I liked it because it's John Irving. Probably won't be a classic of childhood.

such a beautiful story. the story haunted me for a long time after reading it in irving's "a widow for one year" but i'm not a fan of the illustrations in this book. i'd love to see it illustrated more along the lines of work by anders brekhus nilsen. darker, more ethereal.

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In the introduction, John Irving explains that this story started as a story one of his characters (in an adult book) tells his daughter to calm her after a nightmare. So this is an interesting story with an interesting origin but I'm not sure it would calm any child I know. The artwork looks to be a blend of watercolors and pencil. The color palette is predominantly blues, grays, and purples which give the nighttime scenes a soothing, rather than scary, feel.

Holy Shit!!!! Someone returned this book to the library today. And it is written by John Irving, one of my old favorite fiction writers. My favorite thing about his books were that a bunch of his characters were writers, and I like writers. I am reflecting on the number of writers in my life.... There are a lot!!!!! So the character in the story writes books for his kids, and one of them is "A SOund Like Someone Tryig Not to Make a Sound." I was so dark during those John Irving days. It was around my darkest days. So this title seemed brilliant. And the luring/sweet/ menacing title of this book stayed with me all this time, until today when a woman handed this book over, and I steamed oh my god, and she said, my kids didn't like this book.

Adjunct to "A Widow for One Year".

Well I loved Widow for One Year. I used to pretend to be the thing that hid in the door in the floor and scare my daughter. I am sure I scared her for life but she loves this book and so do I. I was hoping that he would make a children's book. You would have to read the novel to fully understand this book. So great!

I have had this book on my shelf since it’s publication, as I own every John Irving book. Just taking a quick break from reading The Last Chairlift.
I do not think I would ever read this to my grandchildren….it is rather frightening!