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Picture Books with Onomatopoeia (Words that Imitate Sounds)
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Tap Tap Boom Boom
by Elizabeth Bluemle
A tale that combines quirky wordplay and infectious rhymes recounts how the story's people of all stripes share unexpected community feelings after racing down into the subway beneath a city that endures the crackling rain and wind of a thunderstorm.
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Roadwork
by Sally Sutton
As they prepare to build the road, big trucks and machinery are brought out to do the job--from loading the dirt and clearing a pathway to rolling the tar and sweeping up the debris at the very end.
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It's So Quiet : Q Not-Quite-Going-to-Bed Book
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Little mouse cannot sleep because it is too quiet--but when he really listens he finds the night is full of all sorts of sounds, so many if fact that it is too noisy to sleep.
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Zoom! Zoom! : Sound of Things That Go in the City
by Robert Burleigh
An interactive picture book designed for reading aloud features vibrant city scenes depicted in primary colors and complemented by onomatopoeic text, from a ringing alarm clock and a rumbling-rattling subway to the beep-beeping of traffic and the hush of the evening.
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Poe Won't Go
by Kelly DiPucchio
When a stubborn elephant plants himself in the road and refuses to move, the people of Prickly Valley attempt all sorts of unsuccessful methods to move him until a thoughtful little girl works up the courage to ask the elephant what is wrong.
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Watersong
by Tim McCanna
Onomatopoeic text by the author of Teeny Tiny Trucks and evocative illustrations by the artist of Beep Beep Beep Time for Sleep combine in the story of a little fox who seeks shelter from a rain shower that becomes a torrential storm.
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Trucker and Train
by Hannah Stark
A tale of kindness, friendship and triumph over bullying depicts a road-ruling big rig that forces other vehicles to swerve and shake throughout his journeys before meeting a louder, stronger and more compassionate train.
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Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
by Candace Fleming
Mr. McGreely makes his dream to have his own little farm come true until the arrival of some hungy bunnies cause him great problems by eating his fresh produce in the middle of the night.
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