Disliking her appearance and the gobbling noise she makes, Toodles the Turkey tries to persuade other animals to give her their sounds.

A newly hatched cricket has a problem getting his wings to chirp. A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book. Annotation. A small cricket hatches "one warm day," and the other insects greet him. Though the little guy wants very much to respond, nothing happens when he rubs his wings together. Finally, as night...

Little Red Hen hatches her chicks to accompanying barnyard noises.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text pair animal sounds, from the coo of a pigeon and caw of a crow to the "zzzz" of a mosquito and the "ssss" of a snake.

As the moon shines brightly, baby animals are encouraged to go to sleep.

Rhyming text describes a variety of nighttime creatures that fly about in the evening sky, such as owls and fireflies, and the sounds and movements that each one makes.