Moo, Baa, La La La! written and illustrated by Sandra Boynton. 1995. New York: Little Simon. Unpaged. (067144901X)
Author/Illustrator Website: www.sandraboynton.com/
Media: pen and watercolor
Awards and Honors: National Cartoonists Society's "Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award"
Audience: babies through kindergarteners (or as Sandra Boynton puts it, "discerning children and peculiar adults")
Annotation:
A humorous exploration of barnyard animals and the noises they each make.
Personal Reaction:
With her wry sense of humor and illustrations that are cute without being cutesy, Sandra Boynton is one of those children's authors whose books seem to be just as popular with parents as they are with kids.
Moo, Baa, La La La! is a book for young children about barnyard animals and the noises they each make- a topic of endless fascination with little ones. Kids are encouraged to participate by helping to make the noises along with the animals, and they even get a chance to demonstrate their own sounds on the last page. In typical Boynton style, she throws in some laughs along the way- the singing pigs in a chorus line are sure to elicit chuckles from kids and caregivers alike, and the facial expressions of the animals (angry rhinos, bored pigs, and goofy sheep) are simply silly.
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