First Words: Sounds

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Emberley's First Words board books possess a singing simplicity: the pictures have bold black lines and generous dollops of color; words under each picture provide early and varied vocabulary lessons. Sounds features ``bzz'' under a bee, ``grr'' beneath a not-very-ferocious lion, etc.; Animals shows a ``ram'' with an oversize head and a demure``cow'' among others; Cars, Boats, and Planes includes a brown-faced ``sub'' captain and a mustachioed ``tow'' truck driver; and Home offers everything from ``pan'' to ``tub'' and the feet of ``mom'' and ``dad''all from a child's eye-view. An appealing collection. Ages 2-5. (May)