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

...and without a sound 
    as it flickers by,
        goes the silent firefly.
            Spark
                    flicker 
                            glow
                                glitter ....

Description: 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.

Suitable Ages: 18 months - 5 years old. 

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