Sounds All Around: A Guide to Onomatopoeias Around the World

by James Chapman and James Chapman

Book Overview

Words that imitate sounds are known as onomatopoeia, and they are a wonderfully strange and interesting part of language. After all, we all hear the same sounds, but we interpret and write them differently in different languages. Sounds All Around is a fun and funny illustrated guide to how people say many of these sounds all around the globe. Inside you'll learn what a cat sounds like in French, what a yawn sounds like in Norwegian, what a bell sounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524850764
• ISBN13: 9781524850760
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7