"What messages do animals send to each other using sound? How can we decipher them? What lessons might these messages offer for understanding the origins and workings of our own communication? Scientists who study bioacoustics try and answer these questions, using physiology, animal behavior, and evolutionary biology to understand how and why animals communicate via sound. In this book, Nicholas Mathevon offers readers an accessible overview of the...

"Buzz! Ribbit! Oink! Quack! Lift the flap to find the animals that are making all the noise!"--

Introduces little ones to animal sounds.

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

What do you do when you re fond of animals and you adore dressing up? For the adorable Tiny Cat, it s a matter of donning a vacuum hose "trunk," a party hat "beak," and other clever appropriations of household items, all with the aim of amusing little readers and leading them in a few animal noises. But what happens when the game becomes a little too believable?

Cat the cat finds out what sounds other animals make.

Describes the sounds different jungle animals make.

Illustrations and simple text show parent-and-child animal pairs saying goodnight to each other, as a chick's "peep peep" is answered by a chicken's "cluck cluck" and a puppy's "ruff ruff" is returned by a dog's "woof woof".

"Your little one will love repeating animal sounds and saying "Ho, Ho, Ho!" in the Christmas tree-shaped mirror."--Page 4 of cover.

Different kinds of animals say hello in their own way. And who better than Mary Murphy to introduce their voices to the youngest of listeners? Full of funny adjectives and sound words, this charming companion to Mary Murphy{u2019}s A Kiss Like This is an ideal read-aloud for the very youngest of listeners and is sure to engage babies as they first learn to talk.