Do Monkeys Tweet? - Hardcover

Walsh asks the kinds of questions that leave preschoolers in stitches: "Are these the antlers of a monkey?" Part of the hilarity comes from knowing the answer and waiting for the turn of the page to reveal it, and part comes from the incongruous mental images of monkeys with antlers, mice with spiky green tails, and porcupines spotted like Holstein cows. Walsh wisely never shows the animals mixed up, and she accompanies the off-the-wall inquiries, which appear in large, black letters, with boldly colored, comical paintings. The effect is clean, graphically charged, and funny. Walsh ends on an upbeat note, asking a question ("Does a giraffe have a long thin neck?" ) that will elicit a resounding "Yes!" from story hour groups. March 1, 1996 Booklist, ALA In this follow-up to her terrific debut, Do Pigs Have Stripes?, Walsh is once again right on target for preschoolers. The series of questions about animal sounds (o camels cheep? / No, chicks cheep! will instantly invite young listeners to provide answers, as well as sounds of their own. Walsh's friendly animals on simple backgrounds of warm, bright color are perfect for groups but intimate enough for one-on-one sharing. Horn Book Walsh (Do Pigs Have Stripes?, 1996) again asks preschoolers questions to which they probably know the answers, but that doesn't mean they're a snap. Do horses bark? No, dogs do, ' although the horse in the picture does hold a bone in its mouth. Tickling small funnybones, Walsh lures little ones into the swing of things, for each question requires a resounding No!'--each question but the surprising final one, because owls do go hoot in the middle of the night. Bright, large images in a childlike scrawl of lines and flat planes of color, combined with the book's reiterated invitation to participate, make it a perfect candidate for story hours. The simplicity of presentation book's complex wit and trickiness: Children will love it.Kirkus Reviews "The entire book is truly a hoot." Publishers Weekly "A fun selectrion for a shout-it-out storytime." School Library Journal

Do monkeys tweet? Do pigs have stripes? Find out for sure in these delightful board books. A series of questions and bright, simple illustrations prompt readers and listeners to guess the answers. Little ones will clamor to participate and to show off their newly acquired knowledge of animal sounds and characteristics.