★Rights already sold to the USA, Italy, and Turkey!
★The latest high-quality non-fiction popular science work by Russia’s super popular children’s writer and illustrator Olga Fadeyeva! Several of her popular science picture books, such as “Where Does the Wind Come From” and “The Journey of Water”, have already been licensed for publication in China!
★This book invites young readers to listen carefully to this wonderful world of sound! And to continuously explore and discover the incredible truths and mysteries about sound within it!
★Olga Fadeyeva’s work continues her consistent book style, using a rich array of interesting question designs and imaginative, modern-artistic color illustrations to tell young readers everything about sound.
★English sample chapters are available.

We are surrounded by sounds everywhere: quiet and noisy; near and far; beautiful and harsh; familiar and strange... The kettle is making sounds, the soup is bubbling in the pot, the clock is ticking, the radio is playing, the phone is ringing...
Splashes, knocks, rustles, whistles, rings, buzzes, creaks, scrapes, music, our voices, etc.—these are all sounds.
This new book by Russia’s super popular children's writer and illustrator Olga Fadeyeva invites young readers to listen carefully to this magical world filled with all kinds of sounds!
To constantly explore the incredible truths and mysteries about sound in this magical world! Here we will re-understanding what sound actually is and where it comes from? Besides being heard, can sound possibly be “seen”? How do humans hear and produce sound? What sounds can we not hear? Is the sound from a seashell really the sound of the sea? What interesting mysteries are hidden in musical singing? What important inventions are there in the world of sound? We will not only hear sounds from different historical eras here but also try to hear ourselves.

Olga Fadeyeva

Russia’s super popular children's writer and illustrator. Member of the Russian Artists’ Union. Born in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), she graduated in 2006 from the Department of Fine Arts of the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin. Her works have been exhibited in Russia and around the world. Olga Fadeyeva has created many books as an author and has also been the illustrator for many books. She is the author of the “Cat Fairy” series, “Do You Believe in the Sea?”, “Where Does the Wind Come From?”, “The Journey of Water”, “A Calf Came to Me from a Sea of Grass”, “Hello, Winter!” and other works! Her works “Do You Believe There is a Sea?”, “Where Does the Wind Come From?”, and “The Journey of Water” have been licensed for publication in China!

【Honors and Awards】
2005: Winner of the St. Petersburg Government’s “Muses of Petersburg” prize!
2007: Awarded the honorary gold medal “250 Years of the Academy of Arts”!
2011: Her first fairy tale was published and became a finalist for the “New Children's Book” award!
She has been shortlisted twice for the Russian “New Children’s Book” and “Best Teen Bestseller” awards!
“Cat Fairy” became the winner of the Russian “Book of the Year - Children’s Choice” award!
2020: Her work was selected for the 2020 Beijing BIBF International Illustration Exhibition!
2020: Winner of the Russian International Illustration and Book Design Competition “Image of the Book”!