animal sounds

After being hit on the head, Hilda the singing cow forgets what sound she should make, so she imitates different animals until she gets her "moo" back.

A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book.

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

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 a cow loses her moo, she searches to see if another animal in the barn has it.

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

Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper.