Animal Lingo

by Pam Conrad, Barbara Bustetter Falk (Illustrator)

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

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Pam Conrad (1947-1996) was an author for children. Her book Our House: Stories of Levittown was a Newbery Medal finalist.

Ms. Conrad was born in New York City and graduated from the New School for Social Research.

Reviews

[babyhippoface · Rating 3 out of 5]

In America, the duck says, "Quack", the pig says, "Oink", and the turkey says, "Gobble gobble gobble". But in Finland, the duck says, "Kvaak! Kvaak!", in Venezuela, the pig says, "Jui, Jui", and in Israel, the turkey says, "Holderolderol!"

Full-page illustrations of each animal are featured alongside the onomatopoeic sound they make in some nation around the world. Kids will enjoy comparing the noises we associate with each animal here in America to those sounds from different countries. I use this to help kids understand the concept of onomatopoeia.

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[Anne Soderlund · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good intro to onomatopoeia for writing.