onomatopoeia

"Full-color photographs and rhyming text introduce and define onomatopoeia"--.

Presents an illustrated guide to onomatopoeia, words that imitate sounds, looking at how a cat sounds like in French, what a yawn sounds like in Norwegian, what a bell sounds like in Hindi, and more.

Rolling himself off the plate, a rebellious pea embarks on a perilous quest around the kitchen in search of fun.

"Read this zany picture book full of mixed-up animal sounds out loud! Fun puns and wordplay will have readers moooing, neighing, clucking, and even laughing with every page turn"--Back cover.

Uses the action on a football field to introduce the concept of onomatopoeia, or words that sound like what they describe, such as splat, pop, and whoosh.

"Take a bite of onomatopoeia. Does it fizz, beep, crunch, or quack? Crackle, woof, meow, or splat?"--Provided by the publisher.

Presents animal sounds in many different languages.

A collection of short poems, such as "Quack, Said the Billy Goat," "Kitchen Sink-Song," "New Shoes," and "City music," which feature all sorts of sounds.

Provides the words different languages use for a variety of animal sounds.

Presents the words for animal sounds in several languages, including Korean, Hindi, German, and English, prompting the reader to guess the animals that make them.