School Library Journal Review

PreS-Carluccio tracks the ambient sounds in a baby's world from morning to night. Beginning "When the sun comes up, the birds start to sing," the rhyming text follows the youngster through his day. Vibrant painted-paper collages are sprinkled with labels identifying the sounds in each setting. For example, "tweet, tweet" is next to the bird outside the window; "swish, swish" appears as the child swings in the park; and "clank, clank" by the cement mixer on the street. Striped and polka-dotted buildings, sidewalks patterned with scraps of newspaper, and a taxi roof cut from what looks like a phone book all combine to make a stimulating, noisy environment for this simple story. Endpapers are filled with childlike drawings of things that create sound (cat, bee, fish, bells, bird, car, phone, tea kettle, etc.), providing another opportunity for toddlers to identify. This book is a fine choice for a lap-sit or a bedtime story.-Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.