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The first language is . . . sound! From the rooster crowing to Grandma sneezing, Antonio Vicente's playful words and Miguel Ordóñez's iconic, vibrant illustrations depict a day filled with onomatopoeias that help little ones identify different experiences and emotions. Listen closely-you never know what you might hear next!

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"""Out in the world, names of sounds abound--the 'whoooooosh' of wind in the trees, the 'bzzzzz bzzzzz' of a bee, and the 'wee-woo wee-woo' of an ambulence--before the day comes full circle with the 'mwaaah' of an after-dinner kiss from Mom... poster-like drawings by Ord��ez distill familiar activities into colorful toy-like shapes, conjuring up a world that's a movable audio feast."" --Publishers Weekly"

"""Out in the world, names of sounds abound--the 'whoooooosh' of wind in the trees, the 'bzzzzz bzzzzz' of a bee, and the 'wee-woo wee-woo' of an ambulence--before the day comes full circle with the 'mwaaah' of an after-dinner kiss from Mom... poster-like drawings by Ord��ez distill familiar activities into colorful toy-like shapes, conjuring up a world that's a movable audio feast."" --Publishers Weekly ""From the rooster crowing to Grandma sneezing, Antonio Vicente's playful words and Miguel Ord��ez's iconic, vibrant illustrations depict a day filled with onomatopoeias that help little ones identify different experiences and emotions. Listen closely-you never know what you might hear next!""-Children's Book Council"

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Miguel Ordóñez is a Spanish New York Times Best Sellers List illustrator. He has worked for a range of international clients in the publishing, advertising and newspaper industries including Penguin, Hachette, Dreamworks, and the European Space Agency. Two of his books published by Macmillan are New York Times Best Sellers and his illustrations for Jimmy Fallon's Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA have been honored by the American Society of Illustrators. He lives in Madrid with his wife and two daughters and works combining projects for graphic design and illustration as well as teaching visual communication and creativity. Antonio Vicente is a Spanish journalist, scriptwriter, and sociologist. He has worked in newspapers but later achieved a wider audience in radio and television. He co-presents a morning program called Hoy Empieza Todo on Spain's national Radio 3 together with Ángel Carmona, and he is a scriptwriter for the popular satirical show Cachitos de Hierro y Cromo on the national La 2 television channel. He has also written ten children's books and participated in numerous literary educational projects. He tries out all his story ideas first on his daughter, but he says the majority do not pass the test.

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