Washoe County Library System

Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn.

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!"--

One frog, two owls, three geese are joined by increasingly larger numbers of different animals that keep ten campers from falling asleep in their tent.

Rory loves lions, and he is convinced that he hears one roaring in the night.

Animals make many different noises, but when they make too much noise their mommies quiet them down.

Bedtime becomes a jungle safari until the Big Safari Ranger brings it to a halt.

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

Various animals greet the sunrise in their own unique voices, except for the owl who welcomes the night.

When the children go back to school, the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the library in town trying to find something to do.

When Kitten can't seem to purr, she sets out to question the other animals about it.