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Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds
CCBC Review:
Scenes from an international street carnival unfold—literally—on the pages of this picture book, each fold-out, three-page spread revealing another element of the action in order to set up the response of varied children in their native tongues. “Geshmak!” (Yiddish) Leckah! (German) Yum! (English)” are the equivalent words on the first-page spread as children eat ice cream and watermelon. “Wow-wow (Chinese) “Hai-hai (Hindi) Boo-hoo (English)” is the response pages later when the ice cream cones have fallen victim to an accident involving a juggler, a spice cart, and a little black dog, all of which have been pictured on the pages in between. The crayon and ink illustrations create a storyline for the brief, multilingual text. Of course, that story has a happy conclusion. “Eviva! (Italian) Hwan-ho! (Vietnamese) Hooray!” The authors provide a note on the challenge of translating sounds into words. ©2005 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Sue Rama
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Community
Food and Cooking
Wordplay
Diversity subject:
Multicultural General
Publisher:
Charlesbridge
Publish Year: 2005
Pages: 36
ISBN: 1570916594
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Park