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Picture Book · Ages 2–8 · 2017 · Est. 9 min read-aloud
Can an Aardvark Bark?
By Melissa Stewart, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator)
Discover the surprising sounds animals make to communicate.
32 pages· 1,108 words· Est. 9 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
Explore the wild world of animal sounds, where aardvarks grunt and gorillas laugh. This lively book reveals how creatures from salamanders to porcupines express themselves, sparking curiosity in young animal lovers.
From the publisher
From award-winning author Melissa Stewart and Caldecott honoree Steve Jenkins comes a noisy nonfiction exploration of the many sounds animals make. Can an aardvark bark? No, but it can grunt. Lots of other animals grunt too… Barks, grunts, squeals—animals make all kinds of sounds to communicate and express themselves. With a growling salamander and a whining porcupine, bellowing giraffes and laughing gorillas, this boisterous book is chock-full of fun and interesting facts and is sure to be a favorite of even the youngest animal enthusiasts.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Words
- 1,108
- Reading age
- 2–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- 720L
What readers & critics say
Reviews
3.0
out of 7
3.0
“This book seems too much like the classic "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" but it falls flat.”
The Notorious RAD
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.1
- F&P level
- ~Q
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 190095
Publication
- Published
- June 13, 2017
- Publisher
- Beach Lane Books
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781481458528
- LCCN
- 2016036557
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