"There is a Carrot in My Ear" and Other Noodle Tales

Meet the silliest family in the world!

Grandpa Brown tries to hatch a baby horse. Mr. Brown shouts at his underwear. And Jane Brown grows a carrot in her ear (she planted a radish).

Here are six stories to make young readers giggle. As the author puts it: A noodle is a silly person. This book is about a family of noodles and the silly things they say and do.

There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.

Author Biography

Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explores everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories—Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read books, In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories and Ghosts!—are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.

Karen Ann Weinhaus earned a B.F.A. degree from Boston Museum School and Tufts University and worked as a cildren’s book designer in New York City for several years. In addition to having illustratd Alvin Schwartz’s There is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales, she is the artist for many popular books including Poem Stew, edited by William Cole, and Samson Svenson’s Baby by Sheila Moore. Ms. Weinhaus lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts.