Animal Sounds for Baby

What-A-Baby

by Cheryl Willis Hudson, George Ford (Illustrator)

Rhyming text introduces familiar animals and the sounds they make, as a little African-American boy visits a petting zoo

10 pages, Board Book

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Cheryl Willis Hudson is vice president and editorial director of Just Us Books, an independent publisher of black-interest books for children and young adults. She has written many books for children, and lives in New Jersey.

Reviews

[E · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing is so-so but the illustrations are decent and it's always nice to see kid's books featuring POC.

[Alice & Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our pediatrician gave us this book (at our nine month appointment?), and it is our other favorite animal book (besides Moo, Baa, Lalala!). We loved hearing Mommy make all the funny animal noises, and learned all of them between about 12 months and 15 months. Although the rhymes aren't particularly creative, the "What does the X say?" on each one was a perfect prompt for us to know when to chime in. This is a sentimental favorite of Mommy's.

[Maximus · Rating 1 out of 5]

I say its dum!

[Jenn S · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was awesome for Abby to learn animal sounds and the names of animals. Short and sweet.