Animal Sounds

by Aurelius Battaglia

What does the crow say? Caw! Caw!
The donkey says hee-haw, hee-haw!
The cow says moo-o-o-o-o! What do the owls say? Whoo-o-o-o-o!
Children will love imitating the sounds each of the animals, birds, and insects make in this colorfully illustrated sturdy board book.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fiction

26 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Aurelius Battaglia was an American illustrator, writer and director.

Reviews

[Danette · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has been a favorite with all six of our children. They especially love it when you tickle their tummies while making the bee's zzzzz noise.
We wore out our first copy and had to pick up another.
8/23 I’m going to have to tape up our 2nd copy. It really is a favorite.
1/25 I found a like-new copy at a second-hand shop!

3/15/19 Read with Julia.
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8/28/23 Read with Skylar
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7/3/24 Read with Charlotte
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4/1/25 Read with Finnian
6/27/25 Read with Skylar

[Lin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read book this to my daughter and now to her daughter. It's a keeper.

[Christine Van · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read this book to my son (now 41), my daughter (40), my grandson (nearly 6) and my granddaughter (nearly 1) until I've learnt it by heart. We've used the same book and passed it around the family. The pictures are naive and charming, the text is basic and babies adore it 😍

[Aditya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic!

I found this book incredibly informative: it covered both animals both commonplace (dogs) and exotic (donkeys), distinguished between big vs baby animals, and the colors were captivating! One (minor) quibble is that this MIGHT have been better as an audiobook.

Overall, I learned a lot about animal noises! Not sure about my baby tho

[Callie White · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing kids book!

[Abby]

Read to Sam.

[Desiree Steele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite book to buy and read to babies.

[Audrey Hobbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite part is when the kitty goes "meow, meow."

[Connie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for what it is, I guess - a listing of the various sounds various animals make.

Simply illustrated, just not that engaging for me and mine. And I neglected to think when I bought it about how I'd fit a tall book like that on my normal shelf for board books - it's too big to fit there, but too bulky for my regular bookshelf!

[Whitney Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book guides young readers through the many different animal sounds of those primarily on a farm. It uses rhyming and repetition to present the many sounds. I thought this book was really cute with lots of bright, inviting illustrations. This would be great for teaching young children animals sounds and possibly even rhyming.

[elissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

We read this over and over when both of our kids were toddlers. It's simple, but satisfying.

[Jana Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very simple and favorite book for little babies!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thomas loves this book and sits through the whole thing. Perhaps because I make a fool out of myself with the animal sounds.

[Danny · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gift from Abuela. Tommy especially likes this catalog of sounds. I like that it includes owl and frog - a bit more off the beaten path.

[Tommy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gift from Abuela. Tommy especially likes this catalog of sounds. I like that it includes owl and frog - a bit more off the beaten path.

[Jeffiner Singleton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my son's favorite for a long time when he was a babe. (Funny though, he would cry every time my husband made the sheep "baah" sound!)

[drowningmermaid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charlotte loves this one!

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read at Baby Lap Time on 3/21/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...

[Ami · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hit for my baby, at least.

[Stephanie (Reading is Better With Cupcakes) · Rating 5 out of 5]

For what it is, it is great. It has pictures of various types of animals and you are to make their associated sounds. Great little learning tool.

[Heather Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

The younger the better for this one! A nice set of illustrations to have fun with animal sounds.