Shop Speechville Express Books and Toys With Animal Sounds and Other Familiar (Non-Language) Sounds: Pets

These "non-language" sounds, also referred to as "onomatopoeia," are great for easing into speech work!

Bark, George
by Jules Feiffer

From Amazon
When George's mother tells her son to bark, he meows. She patiently explains that "Cats go meow. Dogs go arf. Now, bark, George." But he quacks! Then oinks. Then moos. Becoming less patient and more exasperated, George's mom takes him to the vet, who reaches deep down inside the errant pup, and, much to everyone's surprise, pulls out a cat! Then a duck, a pig, and finally a cow. George is cured, and barks at last!... --Karin Snelson

From Parents' Choice®
George is a puppy rendered irresistible by the cartoonist Jules Feiffer's practiced hand. For the grown-up reader, the artist's simple text may read like a tongue-in-cheek spoof of those well-meaning infant information books that tell a toddler what he doubtless already knows: that cats say meow, ducks go quack-quack, pigs say oink, and so on...

Cat Goes Fiddle-I-Fee
by Paul Galdone

From Ingram
An old English cumulative rhyme introduces young children to their favorite farm animals with verses that prompt them to learn the sound that each animal makes.

Do You Have My Quack?: A Book of Animal Sounds With Pull-Tabs and a Pop-Up Surprise
by Keith Faulkner, Rob Hefferan (Illustrator)

From Publishers Weekly
With pull-tabs, a flap and a pop-up, Do You Have My Quack? by Keith Faulkner, illus. by Rob Hefferan, teaches young children animal sounds. A 10-inch square format allows large-scale illustrations of the protagonist, Little Duckling, and the farm animals she meets, all of them presented in a whimsical style.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Have You Got My Purr?
by Judy West, Tim Warnes (Illustrator)

From Amazon
Kitten has lost her purr, and her mother cannot convince her that it will come back. The little cat sets off in search of her missing sound and stirs up a critter cacophony: Dog woofs, Cow moos, Duck quacks, Pig oinks, Sheep baas, Owl hoots, but no one makes the noise Kitten wants to hear most. Tired and discouraged, she returns to her mother. As she cuddles close for a snug night's sleep, a contented kitten discovers where her purr was hiding all along.

Little Dogs Say 'Rough!'
by Rick Walton, Henry Cole (Illustrator)

From Kirkus Reviews
Walton (Bullfrog Pops!, 1999, etc.) works a series of rhymed changes on the idea that animal sounds are a kind of shorthand: "Little cows say, / 'Moo-oon! Moo-oon! / We would like to go there soon.' / Moo-oon! Soon! / Get them there by noon / When the cows say, 'Moo-oon!' Similarly for young horses, snakes, and other creatures, closing with chicks chirping, "Sheep! Sheep! Sheep!" to count themselves to sleep. This is made for reading aloud, and Cole (The Wacky Wedding, 1999, etc.) adds to the fun with scenes of expressive cartoon animals barking, braying, hissing, and mooing enthusiastically. Don't expect listeners to say, "Enough!" after just one run-through. (Picture book. 4-7)
-- Copyright © 2000 Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Meow!
by Katya Arnold (Illustrator), Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev

From Kirkus Reviews
From Arnold (Katya's Book of Mushrooms, 1997, etc.), a retelling of a story by Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev that will bring shouts at story hours. Since even toddlers know who says ``meow,'' the fun of this book is not just in the guessing, but in the reaffirmation that a cat is a cat is a cat. A loud ``Meow!'' wakes up a puppy, who immediately sets out to find the source. He meets a rooster, a mouse, a bee, a fish, and a frog, each of whom greets him with its own unique noise, but the cat always eludes the pup (though not readers, who'll find the orange feline peeking around corners on every page). While the final encounter ends with some hissing, the puppy goes to sleep satisfied, until into his dreams comes a low ``Mooo.'' Arnold's brash illustrations are great for this classic Russian children's tale, capturing the puppy's energetic bumblings and the cat's prickly-backed hiss perfectly. A very welcome author's note places Suteev's work for readers and may inspire them to turn Arnold's text into a classroom play. (Picture book. 3-6) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Yip! Snap! Yap!
by Charles Fuge

From School Library Journal
...In this colorful picture book, children are invited to make "-noise and do some doggy stuff!" Double-page spreads with bright backgrounds show various canines doing what they do best. Young readers can "Join in with barking dog-Arf! Woof! Rruff," "Chow down with hungry dog-Chomp! Munch! Chew," or "Curl up with sleepy dog-Hrumph! Zzzzz! Shew-." Although the text is a bit forced, Fuge's canines are wonderfully illustrated, with charming, expressive faces that add life to the story. Given the abundance of good children's books featuring these pets, consider this title as a supplemental purchase, likely to please die-hard dog lovers.-Melinda Piehler, North Tonawanda Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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