Can You Sing?

We borrowed this book from the library for our 7 month old son and he loves it every night at bedtime, so we're buying a copy. It's adorable - the pictures are simple, but not bland; the animals are all very characterful. And it's fun for the adult reader to make the sounds of the various animals singing the penguin a song before he gets into bed.

I got this book from the library for my daughter (15 months) and she *loves* it! Now we have to return it so I'm going to buy a copy. She's memorized all the animal sounds and reads it to herself now - it's so funny! Her favorite is the gorilla who roars and the hissing snake.The pictures are so simple and I love the penguin.

As with Lawston's other baby pleasing book, "Can You Hop," "Can You Sing" is a wonderful blend of bright, cheery, yet simple illustrations and amusing animal sounds. The eye-catching colors have held our 11-month old infant's attention since we first read the book to her when she was 6 months old. I think that the key to this book's success is its simplicity. Babies can focus on this book because the illustrations are not too complex and confusing for such young eyes (and brains). Even better, this book lends itself to creative story-reading. Parents and babies can point to eyes, mouths, feet, etc. and the book is also a great tool for teaching colors. Additionally, it is great fun (for parents and babies) to make the animal noises. This truly is a wonderful book that keeps a small baby's attention. This is a hard feat to duplicate and the only other book that comes close is, as mentioned previously, "Can You Hop" by the same author.

Our 10-month-old baby likes this book because he enjoys hearing us make the sounds of the animals. Wolves howl, ow-woo! Frogs croak, ribbit! The concept is easy, but adult readers can add a lot to this book as well. The cover is bright red which little children like and the illustrations are fun, but cleverly stylish.

This book has become a beloved addition to our library. My pre-schooler loves this book so much I had to read it to his class! Everybody's got their own special voice and this book is a charming way to introduce this concept to little people.