A nearly-wordless book in which a young boy, eager to reach a much-anticipated holiday party on time, listens to the sounds of the shovels, snow plow, and other equipment used to clear his way.

"Full-color photographs show trains and related noise-making features including brakes, engines horns, crossings, and door chimes. Repeating text identifies the machine and presents rhythmic onomatopoeia for the sound it produces. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities for toddlers learning to identify sounds, rhyme, rhythm, and related language structures."--

All around the world, children on their grandmothers' farms listen to the chickens cluck in their own languages. Explore world languages and different cultures as you meet grandmothers' chickens in the United States, Mexico, Kenya, Japan, India, and France in this book that celebrates cultural diversity.