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Do Cows Meow?
Moo, meow, BAA! Kids will have a blast as they lift the flaps to learn lots of barnyard animal sounds.
Do cows sing? Do cows cuckoo? All I know is cows go . . . MOO! Simple, rhythmic, and lots of fun, this big, brightly illustrated board book will have kids happily imitating all kinds of animal “talk.” For each creature--including a sheep, duck, frog, and cat—a giant “mouth” flap lifts up to reveal a new animal sound that will surely inspire a symphony of baa-ing, ribbiting, and meowing. And, at the end, children can open two barnyard gates to see and say all the animal sounds again.
Do cows sing? Do cows cuckoo? All I know is cows go . . . MOO! Simple, rhythmic, and lots of fun, this big, brightly illustrated board book will have kids happily imitating all kinds of animal “talk.” For each creature--including a sheep, duck, frog, and cat—a giant “mouth” flap lifts up to reveal a new animal sound that will surely inspire a symphony of baa-ing, ribbiting, and meowing. And, at the end, children can open two barnyard gates to see and say all the animal sounds again.
18 pages, Board Book
First published September 4, 2012
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About the author
Salina Yoon
246 books270 followersSalina Yoon is an award-winning author/illustrator of over 150 books for children, including Penguin and Pinecone, Penguin on Vacation, Penguin in Love, Penguin and Pumpkin, Penguin's Big Adventure, Found, and Stormy Night.
Her latest book, Be a Friend, was a Winter 2015-2016 Kids' Indie Next Pick. Among her other awards are a Scholastic Teachers Top 10 Picture Book for Penguin's Big Adventure, and an NPR Best Book and 2014 SCIBA Book Award for Best Picture Book for Found. (complete list is on the website ABOUT page)
She studied art and design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and now lives in San Diego with her family.
www.salinayoon.com
Her latest book, Be a Friend, was a Winter 2015-2016 Kids' Indie Next Pick. Among her other awards are a Scholastic Teachers Top 10 Picture Book for Penguin's Big Adventure, and an NPR Best Book and 2014 SCIBA Book Award for Best Picture Book for Found. (complete list is on the website ABOUT page)
She studied art and design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and now lives in San Diego with her family.
www.salinayoon.com
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January 10, 2026
I’m not stupid…. I know that cows do not meow.
June 16, 2015
This book is adorable and perfect for early literacy! Each page is a little four line rhyming sequence. For the last rhyme you open the animals mouth for the sound. The pictures and huge mouths to open make this so fun to read!
June 20, 2018
A hit at toddler storytime, good for rhyming and animal sounds. Lift the flap mouths.
March 20, 2022
Very fun and cute - Bats thinks they all say “meow” though
July 3, 2025
So much fun reading and yelling the animal noises while we lift the mouth flaps. Every toddler library needs this!
February 11, 2017
HUGE HIT at babytime! The parents were reading it aloud. The babies were fascinated by the flaps. Fantastic bright colors and clear photos. One of my new all time favorites!
March 10, 2014
I used this in Movement storytime. That group really loves lift-the-flap, and there are children old enough who picked up on what the animal says as well as that it rhymed with a previous word. I have to admit that some of the flaps were a little "uh" with how the animal mouths were portrayed. (Very big. A little scary.) But the kids loved it and it worked well.
August 28, 2018
This is Ada’s favourite book these days. It’s a bit bigger than most of her books and has flaps to lift. She even gives me time to read the rhymes if I go really really fast. The last pages where they folds out to show all the animals is a big hit!
November 16, 2021
Short, loud and actually not annoying when read approximately 40 times before nap time!
So many hours spent exploring this book. This is a MUST READ for any parent.
This is my go to present for any toddler size celebration!
So many hours spent exploring this book. This is a MUST READ for any parent.
This is my go to present for any toddler size celebration!
December 2, 2012
Super big hit with the babies. Yay for big board books - let's continue this trend everyone!
May 12, 2015
A fun rhyming lift-the-flap book with different animals. The bright pictures and rhyming text makes this a really fun and fast read-a-loud/storytime book!
February 1, 2017
Isaac loves this and it's perfect for him right now. he giggles and says, "funny!" when I make the animal sounds.
June 11, 2018
It is an incredibly simplistic children's book that simply shows your child the different sounds that animals make.
October 21, 2023
A while ago during shopping I heard some Mexican girls--all younger than 12 yr old, sure--screaming about something suddenly. I forgot what it was about. But I saw that it was like five kids who look similar and hella cute. Three of them aged from 9-12. And two other from 4-7 yr old maybe. They were with two Mexican women who looked like they were sisters who got stuck in the devil's country. Even though they tried to hold the smile on their faces, but it was visible.
It is always visible when you see these books written by the 'people of colors'. When they write for the white milk-men. And then they try to suck the milk drop by drop. And then probably that's still not enough because their drug-addict husbands have left them with five daughters to feed on their own.
While I feel sad for these girls, I also wonder, sometimes, that these people were once the Aztecs. And America, in fact, the whole California used to belong to them.
I love history.
And I always feel sad when the history turns over to show the exactly opposite sides of the coin. The old glory flipped over and showing off the exact opposite, weakling sides of you. I hope these once-glorious-people of color from all over the world with lost glories can somehow really find out who they were once. I mean, i know it's kinda seems impossible for them right now with five or seven kids to handle at home--all of whom might not be your own kids in the end. They may be your nieces, or sisters or cousins. But you all will find out who you were and what's keeping you in shackles when you can look into more than several things at the same time.
God bless you, pocs, who are having to slave for them such disrespectfully. I can't imagine how must that feel like in your dignity.
It is always visible when you see these books written by the 'people of colors'. When they write for the white milk-men. And then they try to suck the milk drop by drop. And then probably that's still not enough because their drug-addict husbands have left them with five daughters to feed on their own.
While I feel sad for these girls, I also wonder, sometimes, that these people were once the Aztecs. And America, in fact, the whole California used to belong to them.
I love history.
And I always feel sad when the history turns over to show the exactly opposite sides of the coin. The old glory flipped over and showing off the exact opposite, weakling sides of you. I hope these once-glorious-people of color from all over the world with lost glories can somehow really find out who they were once. I mean, i know it's kinda seems impossible for them right now with five or seven kids to handle at home--all of whom might not be your own kids in the end. They may be your nieces, or sisters or cousins. But you all will find out who you were and what's keeping you in shackles when you can look into more than several things at the same time.
God bless you, pocs, who are having to slave for them such disrespectfully. I can't imagine how must that feel like in your dignity.
August 23, 2018
Lots of Kids books gonna be on this feed in the next few years since I'm Daddin' hard so be warned.
The simple and broad artwork doesn't really do much for me but it certainly is fun to open the animals' mouths and check out their teeth and written sound. It's also very fun to just make the animal sounds with baby. Best part is the last page where the child is intended to point out each animal by name.
The simple and broad artwork doesn't really do much for me but it certainly is fun to open the animals' mouths and check out their teeth and written sound. It's also very fun to just make the animal sounds with baby. Best part is the last page where the child is intended to point out each animal by name.
November 2, 2017
Vibrant illustrations, punctuated by interactive flaps and rhyming text, make this an ideal read aloud for younger audiences. The final spread had story hour attendees "oooh"-ing and "ahhh"-ing with glee!
February 23, 2019
Lift-the-flaps, rhyming clues, animal sounds, bold and comical illustrations, bright polka-dot backgrounds for the text in a mix of six different colors, WOW!
Animals include a sheep, a cow, a pig, a mouse, a duck, a horse, a cat, and a frog.
Animals include a sheep, a cow, a pig, a mouse, a duck, a horse, a cat, and a frog.
March 13, 2017
Loved by the 2 year old. Great board flap book for learning/sharpening animal sounds.
April 22, 2018
What do the animals say? B
July 12, 2018
Great lift the flap book!
July 18, 2018
A cute lift the flap book that asks silly questions that rhyme about famr animals and then has them flap open their mouth and make a sound. Baby and up
September 26, 2018
A cute flip-flap book. All of the kids loved it and were paying attention.
January 11, 2019
Lifting flaps, making noises, naming animals -- this hits all the toddler sweet spots.
May 1, 2019
Probably will use for storytime.
May 27, 2019
Holy shit, y'all... a crowd pleaser. My 15 month old now makes animal sounds because of this book. Caldecott this bitch!
December 26, 2019
The story is cute but the flaps themselves are so flimsy that this can only be read a few times.
February 10, 2020
A bit too easy for a 4 year old but the flaps keep it fun.
September 17, 2020
My twins are obsessed with this book and have been since they were 6 months old. They love the animals and the large scale of the book! It’s a perfect, simple read aloud.
January 15, 2021
The illustrations are very bright and graphic. The flaps have held up well (better than the binding). The two and three year old set will like this especially if you do the animal sounds as you read.
January 19, 2022
Good read!
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