A noisy, exuberant story, ideal for young children and their parents to read aloud together. When she was a baby, Ruby liked making popping noises with her dummy.'Pop! Pop! Pop!' When she was older, she tried making scary noises instead. 'Scrrr! Screekle! Scrunch!' But she couldn't frighten anyone, not a frog, not a fish. 'Shivers!' thought Ruby. What was the scariest noise she could make? And she opened her mouth wide to find out...

Margaret Wild is one of Australia's most highly respected and popular children's authors. She was born in South Africa and emigrated to Australia in 1972. Margaret has worked as a journalist and an editor of children's books, and is now writing full-time. Since her first book in 1984, Margaret has published over 40 books and has won numerous awards. Kerry Argent is one of Australia's finest and most highly acclaimed illustrators. Her first picture book One Woolly Wombat, published while she was still at art school, went on to become an international bestseller. For over a decade, Kerry combined illustrating books with her job as Art Director at Omnibus Books in Adelaide. She now illustrates full time and works on texts of her own, as well as continuing to collaborate with Australia's best known picture book writers.