In this fascinating book, sounds are provided for fourteen different animals in forty-one languages so that one learns, for example, that in Estonian a pig says “RUIK” while in Swahili, it says “ROK” (n.p.). Each double spread presents a colorful, stylized representation of an animal accompanied by the English word for its sound and how that sound is written in four other lan guages. Sounds are identified in columns of forty-one national flags and ani mal noises, each headed by one of fourteen animal pictures. These columns introduce and conclude the book, since they appear on the endpapers. Lila Prap was a 2006 nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award and the 2007 Astrid Lindgren Award nominee. hc

Originally published as Animals’ International Dictionary in Slo venian by Mladinska Knjiga Zalozba Slovenia, in 2004.

Did you ever wonder what animals say in different languages? In German a sheep says MC$h, but in Spain a sheep says Bee. Speaking of bees, in English they buzz, but in Swedish, bees say Surr. Complete with a guide to animal ""languages"" around the world, children and adults alike will enjoy seeing and hearing how animals ""speak"" in other lands.