Boom! Bellow! Bleat!

By Georgia Heard, Aaron DeWitt (Illustrator)

Discover the symphony of animal sounds in this playful poetry collection for all ages.

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32 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Dive into a world where frogs jug-o-rum, fish boom, and elephants bark in this lively poetry collection. Perfect for reading aloud, these humorous poems explore the diverse sounds of mammals, birds, and more. Learn to estimate temperature with cricket chirps and uncover how animals communicate amidst noise. Ideal for shared reading or classroom fun, this book invites you to explore the fascinating world of animal sounds.

From the publisher

This playful collection of poems–peppered with an astounding variety of animal sounds–is meant to be read aloud together. These poems for two or more voices explore the myriad sounds animals make–from a frog’s jug-o-rum to a fish’s boom! to an elephant’s bark. Laced with humor, the poems are a delight to read aloud and cover all major classes of animals: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, even a crustacean! Readers will learn how to estimate the temperature by counting a cricket’s chirps and see how creatures make sounds at specific pitches and frequencies, so that they can be heard despite other noise around them. Extensive end notes provide more information on the animals and how and why they make the sounds they do. Written by noted children’s poet Georgia Heard, this is an ideal collection for parents and children to share, or for a fun, interactive classroom read-aloud.

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