As assorted passengers comment on their train ride, and the train itself goes "Clickerty click, clickerty clack," the station parrot is carefully listening to every sound.

Narrated in onomatopoeia, five mice in race cars compete in an off-road race, but surviving course obstacles will require teamwork--and a goose.

"The ballet The Nutcracker and New York City's David H. Koch Theater come to life in this onomatopoeic representation of a little girl's experience at the ballet."--From jacket flap.

Illustrations and simple, onomatopoeic text capture a busy day in the life of a large and diverse family of Australian animals.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Mrs. Garcia's class on a hunt in and around school for examples onomatopoeia--words that imitate the sound of what they name.

"Full-color photographs show trains and related noise-making features including brakes, engines horns, crossings, and door chimes. Repeating text identifies the machine and presents rhythmic onomatopoeia for the sound it produces. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities for toddlers learning to identify sounds, rhyme, rhythm, and related language structures."--

All around the world, children on their grandmothers' farms listen to the chickens cluck in their own languages.

A family wakes up to hear all of the enjoyable sounds of the day, from a teapot whistling and sparrows tweeting to papers rustling and taxis honking.