Pleasing a crowd (big or small)

What is it about animal sounds that just gets children's attention? Whether it's singing songs in the car to keep everyone happy or reading books, animal sounds are crowd pleasers!

It can be difficult to find books that both my almost three year old and one and a half year old will set through together (even though they both *love* books). But now that we have The Gooble Gooble Moooooo Tractor Book by Jez Alborough, I can be assured that I will have their undivided attention from beginning to end.

We are already fans of Jez Alborough from his book, Hug, which has a limited vocabulary and yet wonderfully expresses, even for a toddler, the emotions of a little chimp looking for his mommy. The Gobble Gobble Moooooo Tractor Book is of a very different style. Yet once again, Mr. Alborough has managed to create a story that speaks directly to young children.

While Farmer Dougal is asleep, his animals make their way over to his tractor, which Sheep has commandeered. They each contribute their own noise to mimic tractor sounds, such as Mouse's "squeak, squeak, squeak" for the turning of the wheels and Cow's "Mooooooo" for... well, you'll just have to read it to find out as apparently that is the most hilarious part! Sheep is always worried that they will wake Farmer Dougal up with their raucous, but the animals say "Pleeeease" so sweetly, Sheep gives in. But then what happens when Farmer Dougal DOES wake up??

The pictures are colorful and the animals faces are so expressive. This book is sure to be enjoyed by all young children!