Title: Moo, Baa, La La La
Author: Sandra Boynton
Illustrator: Sandra Boynton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Books, 1982
ISBN: 0689861133
Summary: This board book is all about the noises that different animals make, with a little humor added to it in the form of singing pigs. At the end, the book invited children to get involved by asking what noises they make.
Evaluation: This book is definitely educational without being boring. The fonts used in the text are fun to look at, and the pages are all bright and colorful. There are pictures to correspond with each animal that the author is explaining. I really enjoy the end of the book. On the last page, all of the animals are on one page and are quiet, and the author asks, "What do you say?" to the reader. I thought that was a good way to get the readers engaged.
Ahhh, a Sandra Boynton. Her books are always so lyrical, funny, and colorful that they cannot help but attract the curious eyes of young readers. Good point about her creative use of different fonts. We did not discuss that in class, but it is absolutely true that she changes the fonts in order to draw the reader's attention to the print.
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