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As one animal sits on another in an accumulating progression, the reader learns the sounds each animal makes.

Describes noises various animals make.

We all know dogs bark woof and cats mew meow and#x2014; but what noises do ostriches or peacocks or kookaburras make?Stumped? Look no further for the answers than this engaging and interactive book born from the research and imagination of cartoonist Brian McLachlan. What Noise Do I Make? introduces readers to an exotic range of animals and, with the turn of a page (and a heavy dose of humor), shows what noise the animal makes. For instance: did you...

A mother dog tries to teach her pup how to bark, and is surprised at why he wasn't learning.

Animals and the sounds they make are paired up in this colorful picture book.

Calls Beyond Our Hearing is a fascinating exploration of animals, their voices, and their survival. Traveling from Panama to England, Africa to Puerto Rico, Quebec to America, Holly Menino learns from scientists, explorers, and cutting-edge studies about a wide variety of animal species as they feed, play, fight, mate, and communicate for survival. Voice by voice, researchers assemble the building blocks of animal communication.

Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper. "What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the animals make. And they'll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book-- look at the last page!"--

Names animals which don't hoot, buzz, squeak, roar, or quack and also names creatures which do make these sounds.

Brief text introduces the concept of loud and quiet, comparing some of the world's loudest animals with animals that are quiet.

In this story--told almost entirely in the cat's meows--a young girl steps on her cat Marigold's tail, the hurt cat runs for cover, and after an apology, all is forgiven.