Onomatopoeia in Picture Books

Chicky Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy MacLennan

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka

Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack

Umbrella by Taro Yashima

Emperor Lays an Egg by Brenda Guiberson

Summer Beat by Betsy Franco

• The sounds of summer from animals, to cooking on the grill, to fireworks, and more.

Welcome to the Green House by Jane Yolen

Sounds of Music by L.C. Casterline

Phooey by Marc Rosenthal

• A little boy complains that nothing ever happens, but what he doesn't notice is all the onomatopoeic action going on all around him.

Listen Listen by Phillis Gershator

• See the sounds of the seasons