Sounds of a Summer Night

Written  by May Garelick
Illustrated by Candace Whitman
Mondo Publishing
Price: $15.95 (hardcover)

As a young boy waits to fall asleep in those moments between daylight and darkness, he is lulled by the sounds of a warm summer night. Birds cheep. Leaves rustle in the breeze.  And when night comes, he is surrounded by more sounds.  Bullfrogs drum. Crickets sing. Katydids call. So many things to hear and dream about.

May Garelick, a Russian emigre and children's book editor, wrote this and many other popular titles back in the sixties ("Look at the Moon" and "Where does the Butterfly Go When it Rains?")  She was a city dweller but her love of nature was poetically reflected in many of her books.  SOUNDS  is a re-release by Mondo with new illustrations by Candace Whitman.

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Night has come.
    Bullfrogs drum.
        D-d-dum. D-d-dum. 
            Crickets sing the cricket song.
                Chirp-chirp chirp...