After the Buzz Comes the Bee
Buzz! Ribbit! Oink! Quack! Lift ten flaps to find the animals that are making all the noise.
Onomatopoeiamania
Zap! Squeak! Vroom! Words that name the sound they make, or onomatopoeia, are great for building phonological awareness. Phonological awareness is being able to hear the smaller sounds that make up words and it’s an important early literacy skill. The books below have a lot of fun examples of onomatopoeia to share with your children.
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Creep, Leap, Crunch!
A nonfiction picture book that illustrates how the food chain works.
Honk Honk Woo Woo
Oh no! It’s an emergency!! Call the emergency vehicles and see them speed along to help save the day. A fun look at police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, and other rescue vehicles that fascinate preschoolers, with sounds they can join in with.
Hoo's There?
Crash! Snort! Sniff! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo’s there? It must be a monster! Follow Hampton the owl and Figgy the piggy as they discover that frightening noises in the dark may not be so scary after all!
Look, It's Moo Moo Cow
This board book combines eye-catching illustrations, animal noises, and felt flaps to create a fun read-aloud sure to entertain little listeners.
Onomatopanda
Panda notices sounds throughout the day and gives them words.
Shhh! The Baby's Asleep
Baby is finally asleep, and Mama is trying to shush the rest of the family; but when they are all finally quiet baby wakes up and it is up to big brother Dante to find the right book to read so everyone can get some rest.
Squeak-a-boo!
Play peek-a-boo to discover new animals in this charming lift-the-flap book! Animal subjects include a mouse, chipmunk, chicken, skunk, owl, snake, and parrot.
Vroom Vroom. Garbage Truck
A garbage truck goes through its daily routine of picking up garbage throughout the city and bringing it to the dump, in a book that explores the sounds a garbage truck makes.
The Wrong Book
Uh oh – everything is going wrong in this book. Find out what our storyteller must do when bicycles say cock-a-doodle-doo and firefighters shout “Ding Dong!”
Zap! Clap! Boom!
What starts as a blue-sky day begins to turn into rolling thunder as a storm brews.