“Everybody loves to shout. So if you know it, shout it out!” A clever—and noisy!—concept book encourages young children to share what they know as numbers from 1 to 10, the letters of the alphabet, colors, animals, and various vehicles are featured in turn. The vibrant illustrations include a group of diverse, energetic children with wide open mouths. Items represented by pictures, such as individual animals and types of vehicles, are labeled with their corresponding words. A visual subplot shows a little mouse who occasionally pipes up with a quiet comment (distinguished by small type). The penultimate page spread gives Mouse a chance to show his stuff, however, as he shouts out everything one more time in a spirited book for storytimes or lap time (but probably not bedtime). (Ages 2–5)

Kids are often told to sit still and be quiet. But Denise Fleming encourages them to shout, shout it out! By taking basic learning concepts like numbers, letters, and colors and putting them on display, she asks kids to shout out what they know--and her readers will be happy to oblige.

With bold colors and her unique handmade paper art, Denise Fleming makes learning into a game. Long-time fans and sharp-eyed newcomers will be happy to see that Mouse returns on every page, shouting along with the crowd!