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

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

When Hilda Mae Heifer's trademark "moo" starts sounding even worse, the other animals decide she is lonely and hold auditions to find her some singing partners.

Rhyming text reveals the loving sounds baby animals hear from their parents, from the "nuzzle, nuzzle, nuzzle" heard by the colt to "I love you" heard by a human baby.

Gerald, whose communication in the form of clangs, toots, and blasts, distresses his parents and the kids at school.

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.

"Sister Duck and Brother Duck are lost, so all of the animals use their biggest hoots, bellows, howls, and growls to summon Mama and Papa"--

As Old MacDonald sings of farm animals that moo and woof, Señor Pancho sings of those that jii and guau, until the animals realize they understand each other and get together for a fiesta.

From Margaret Wise Brownauthor of the childhood favorite Goodnight Moonand Caldecott-winning illustrator Leonard Weisgard comes The Quiet Noisy Book, now back in print in a sturdy board book!Muffin, the little dog, has been asleep all night.Quietly something wakes him up. A very quiet noise. What could it be?Originally published in 1950, the classic story of the little dog, Muffin, accompanied by big and bright illustrations is sure to show readers...

The misadventures of a sleepy farmer as he agonizes over a mixed-up list of the coming day's chores. How will he ever milk the fence, repair the cow, mow the silo and climb the hay before morning comes?