Hear That

Janowitz, Tama

ISBN 10: 1587170752 / ISBN 13: 9781587170751

Published by Seastar Books, 2001

About this Item

This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

Seller Inventory # RDV.1587170752.G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hear That
• Publisher: Seastar Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1587170752
• ISBN 13: 9781587170751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Dockray, Tracy
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

A mother and child try to figure out the sources of the noises they hear on a stormy night.

Reviews

PreS-A silly onomatopoeic story with a slight mystery. A mother and son are watching television when they hear a faint buzzing sound. "Hear THAT?" asks the boy. When the woman suggests the sound might be his father returning home, the child disagrees, pointing out that, since his father "doesn't go BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ," it might be a fruit fly. Squeaks, squishes, clicks, taps, etc., are noises that could be anything to a vivid imagination, and the lad's suggestions become more and more outlandish: a mouse, a butler, a banana, a wombat, a ginip-ginop. It turns out, of course, to be Daddy, who has forgotten his keys and has been attempting to arouse the household. Large, brightly hued, computer-aided watercolors depict all the creatures the boy imagines in the act of noise-making. The double-page illustrations reveal varying perspectives, which maintain interest and show the disorder of a house in which a child lives. The repetition of sounds throughout may encourage very young children to make the various noises and suggest what they might be.

Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI

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