About the pagination of this eBook Due to the unique page numbering scheme of this book, the electronic pagination of the eBook does not match the pagination of the printed version. To navigate the text, please use the electronic Table of Contents that appears alongside the eBook or the Search function. For citation purposes, use the page numbers that appear in the text. In this book, you will: discover interesting things about sounds. learn new words. answer fun questions. play a search game. find more sounds activities at the back of the book. 8 8 C HICAGO L ONDON N EW D ELHI P ARIS S EOUL S YDNEY T AIPEI T OKYO S O S U N D BRITANNICA LIBRARY D I S C O V E R Y 2 3 The world we live in is filled with so many sounds. b z z z z z z z b e e p b e e p ! p i n g ! B O O M ! B A M ! W H A M ! B A N G ! 4 5 What was the first sound you heard this morning? Was it your kitty cat crying to be fed? Was it someone calling you a sleepyhead? Maybe you heard wind in the trees so tall. Or did you hear footsteps coming down the hall? M e o w … M e e e o w w w ! H e y , w a k e u p , s l e e p y h e a d ! w h i s s s s s h h h h h c l u n k , c l u n k , c l u n k ! Once you are awake, there are so many sounds to hear! 6 7 c o c k - a - d o o d l e - d o o o o o o o o ! r u f f r u f f r u f f ! H O N K ! B e e p B e e p ! Did you first hear a rooster crowing at dawn? Or maybe it was a neighbor mowing his lawn. Was it the yelp of a puppy expecting a treat? Did you hear cars and buses out in the street? r r r r r r r r r - r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r The house is full of sounds! v r o o o o o m m m m m s s s s s s s s s s s s s 8 9 r r r r r i n n n n n g - r r r i n n n n g ! plop plop plop TV! water dripping! stove top sizzling! telephone! radio! vacuum cleaner! kettle whistling! w h e e e e e e e e e ! Can you make the sounds of the things shown here? What are some sounds you hear around your house? Outside sounds are often big and loud. m a c h i n e s a t w o r k b a n g ! c l a n g ! b e l l s r i n g i n g d i n g d o n g ! a f i r e e n g i n e ’ s s i r e n b o o m ! t h u n d e r s t o r m s t h e f o g h o r n o n a b i g b o a t v v v v r r r r r r r r r r ! 10 11 i i e e e e e e e e o o o o o o o o ! Can you make the sounds of the things shown here? What are some other big, loud outdoor sounds? Some sounds tell us things we need to know. We hear the doorbell and we know someone has come to visit. A train whistle tells us to watch out and stay back. The train is coming! Careful! The sound of a buzzing mosquito means someone might get stung. 12 13 b i n g b o n g w o o o o o w o o o o o o ! What is a sound that tells you something YOU need to know? e e e e e e e e e e e e like the quiet tick-tock of a clock, and whispers at night once you’ve turned off the light. Some sounds are funny… like hic-hic-hiccups or a big, loud belching burp. A hee-haw laugh might make you laugh too! 14 15 What are some sounds that make you laugh? What are some other soft sounds? Many sounds are so soft that we hardly hear them at all .