School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-In this cheerful concept book, Murphy uses a mix of fun adjectives and noises to introduce children to animal sounds. "A dog hello is licky and loud...like this! bow-wow-wow-wow! A cat hello is prissy and proud...like this! purrrrrr...meow." Other animals include donkeys, chickens, frogs, and tiny beetles. Reminiscent of Lucy Cousins's style, the vibrant ink and watercolor illustrations with bold black outlines are eye-catching. Combined with spare, large-print text on ample white backgrounds and a lift-the-flap page layout, they pack undeniable child appeal. A sweet alternative to Maria Torres Cimarusti's Peek-a-Moo! (Dutton, 1998), this picture book would be a fun addition to noisy storytimes.-Yelena Alekseyeva-Popova, formerly at Chappaqua Library, NY (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In this cheery companion to 2012's A Kiss Like This, Murphy explores the sounds that six animals make (with a few extra cows and geese thrown in on the title page, complete with their own moos and honks). As in the previous book, a playful format featuring half-pages inserted into each spread suggests a guessing game. Murphy describes an animal's style of greeting on the left-hand page ("A cat hello is prissy and proud..."), after which readers turn the half page to reveal a slightly different scene featuring the animals as they greet each other, along with the remainder of the text ( "like this! purrrrrr... meow"). From "flappy and clucky" chicken salutations to the "tiny and tappy" introductions beetles make, fun-to-say words dance across the ample white background space. The sweetly silly cast of boldly outlined, wide-eyed animals-including a pair of exuberant leaping frogs and two toothy donkeys wearing goofy floral hats-comes together for a colorful, cacophonous splash at the book's end as they encourage readers to chime in with a big "Hello!" of their own. Ages 2-5. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
