Illustrations and simple text describe the ways various animals communicate.

With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader series caters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. My First Hello Readers use basic words to reinforce phonics and sight vocabulary.

Illustrations and rhyming text explore the many voices in nature, from the call of a spotted owl above treetops at night, to the buzzing of honeybees in summer, to the songs of fin whales in the ocean.

The bee wanted to play Buzz-a-lot. The chicken wanted to play Cluck-a-lot. The dog played Woof-a-lot. But the mouse didn't like any of these games. Then the mouse met some other mice, and suddenly all the games he had learned were splendid fun.

Introduces the numbers one through ten as more and more frogs join in the evening song.

Dog takes a tour of a neighboring farm, where he has a crowing competition with a rooster, gets muddy with squealing pigs, and finds that bleating sheep aren't really good for one's sleep.

The animals in the woods wonder if the awful noise they hear is coming from a monster.

"When a storm mixes up all the animal's voices, they must find a way to swap sounds!"-- Provided by publisher.

A shy and quiet boy wanders his new home town, listening to the birds, until he meets a fellow bird lover and friend.