 Board book edition cover | |
| Author | Dr. Seuss |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Dr. Seuss |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | August 12, 1970 (renewed in 1998) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 24 |
| ISBN | 978-0679882824 |
| Preceded by | I Can Draw It Myself |
| Followed by | The Lorax |
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and first published by Random House in 1970.[1][2]
Plot
The story follows a man named Mr. Brown, who can make a wide variety of sounds, imitating the sounds of animals and inanimate objects. The narrator recites a list of items and animals that Mr. Brown can sound like, each one accompanied by illustrations of the object and an onomatopoeia, which replicates the sound he can make. Mr. Brown can make the "moo" of a cow, the "buzz" of a bee, the "pop" of a cork (on a bottle of grape wine), the "klopp klopp" of a horse's hooves, the "cock a doodle doo" of a rooster, the "hoo hoo" of an owl, the "dibble dibble dibble dopp" of rain, the "tick tock" of a clock, the "knock knock" of a hand against a door, the "boom" of thunder, the "grum grum" of a hippo chewing gum, the "slurp slurp" of a cat drinking, the "splatt" of lightning, the "choo choo" of a train, the "sizzle sizzle" of an egg in a frying pan, the "blurp blurp" of a horn, the "pip" of a goldfish kiss, the "eek eek" like a shoe, the "chomp" of monkeys eating cake, the "vroom vroom" of a van, the "tweet" of birds up in a tree, the "beep beep" of a car, the "croak" of a frog, the "hiss" of a rattlesnake, the "snoring" of turtles on a log, the "strum strum" of nursery rhymes played on a guitar, the "munch" of an elephant eating from a dish, the "quack quack of a duck", the "music" from an ice cream truck, and the "whisper" of a butterfly. The narrator concludes the list by suggesting that the reader try to make these same sounds, and the last pages of text feature a list of all the onomatopoeias featured in the book.
References
- ↑ Seuss (26 November 1996). Amazon.com: Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You: Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises (Bright and Early Board Books) (0000679882822): Dr. Seuss: Books. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 0679882820.
- ↑ Heather M. Fierst (2014). "Dr. Seuss: Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1991)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.