Ear Book

Like the parent Beginner Books, Bright & Early Books feature the same affordable hardcover format, imaginative stories, and colorful pictures. Geared for a younger audience, these books use simple words, repetition, and pictures that act as clues to the text. Contributors include Dr. Seuss "Mr. Brown Can Moo!" "Can You?," "There's a Wocket in My Pocket!," "The Foot Book", Stan and Jan Berenstain "Inside, Outside, Upside Down; Bears on Wheels", Al Perkins "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb" and Michael Frith "I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words". Preschool - Grade 1.

Pleasant sounds are described in simple words and colorful humerous pictures especially for the beginning reader.

Like the parent Beginner Books, Bright & Early Books feature the same affordable hardcover format, imaginative stories, and colorful pictures. Geared for a younger audience, these books use simple words, repetition, and pictures that act as clues to the text. Contributors include Dr. Seuss ("Mr. Brown Can Moo!" "Can You?," "There's a Wocket in My Pocket!," "The Foot Book"), Stan and Jan Berenstain ("Inside, Outside, Upside Down; Bears on Wheels"), Al Perkins ("Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb") and Michael Frith ("I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words"). Preschool - Grade 1.

Children's Literature

In amusing rhymes and illustrations, children will learn all about their ears. We can hear sounds like the drips of water from a shower or the loud snores from Dad when he is asleep. Sometimes the sounds may not be pleasant, like those heard when the young boy's sister is practicing her singing or slamming a door, but generally sounds bring the world to life and we enjoy the rhythm of a drumbeat, the claps of a hand and the tapping of feet. A delightful way to learn about one of our more important senses and the variety of sound heard in our world. Part of the "Bright and Early" board books series. Billed on the back cover as "Simple, Silly, Sturdy Books!" Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot

Al Perkins was the author of many Bright and Early and Beginner Books.

Henry Payne is a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News. He has been a runner-up for both the Pulitzer Prize and the Mencken Award. He lives in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.