Sounds Around Town

by Maria Carluccio, Maria Carluccio (Illustrator)

Overview

"A very simple rhyme and exuberant collage illustrations celebrate the diversity of people, animals, and vehicles in this highly interactive book. Little ones will point at objects in the pictures, make the sounds, and want to hear the words over and over again" — Booklist

Overflowing with the sounds a baby experiences during his daily jaunt around the city with Mommy, this busy, interactive book offers an opportunity to accelerate babies’ and toddlers’ listening and speaking skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782852810
Publisher:	Barefoot Books
Publication date:	04/01/2016
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	94,524
Product dimensions:	8.62(w) x 8.62(h) x 0.79(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 4 Years

About the Author

Maria Carluccio has studied art all over the world, and has also taught drawing and illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. She comes from a creative background — her mother was an artist and her father was a lawyer and writer. Maria finds her inspiration in everything around her, from the knick-knacks she collects in flea markets to scraps of interesting paper she finds on the streets. She lives in New York with her husband, their daughter, and their dog and cat.

Editorial Reviews

PreS- Carluccio tracks the ambient sounds in a baby's world from morning to night. Beginning "When the sun comes up, the birds start to sing," the rhyming text follows the youngster through his day. Vibrant painted-paper collages are sprinkled with labels identifying the sounds in each setting. For example, "tweet, tweet" is next to the bird outside the window; "swish, swish" appears as the child swings in the park; and "clank, clank" by the cement mixer on the street. Striped and polka-dotted buildings, sidewalks patterned with scraps of newspaper, and a taxi roof cut from what looks like a phone book all combine to make a stimulating, noisy environment for this simple story. Endpapers are filled with childlike drawings of things that create sound (cat, bee, fish, bells, bird, car, phone, tea kettle, etc.), providing another opportunity for toddlers to identify. This book is a fine choice for a lap-sit or a bedtime story.-Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME

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