Yum! Yuck!: A Foldout Book of People Sounds

by Julia Durango and Linda Sue Park

Book Overview

At a busy street market, kids eating ice cream exclaim, "Yum " in English, "Geshmak " in Yiddish, and "Nam-nam " in Danish. But disaster strikes when a little dog overturns a spice cart, showering pepper on everyone's ice cream. Will the kids end up crying, "Hai hai," or cheering, " Yupi "? Energetic art and a lift-the-flap feature make exploring languages fun.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570916594
• ISBN13: 9781570916595
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Cute Book of People Sounds in Several Languages

This is a cute book of people sounds in several langages. It is short and quick but it makes one think about how versitile language really is. Lots of fun.

yum, yuck, some language learning

This is such a unique way to present the idea of foreign langauges to children. It isn't meant to make your children fluent, but just to show that people sounds like yum, yikes, yuck, and ah-choo aren't said the same way around the world. The illustrations are colorful and the foldout part lets you guess what the foreign words mean in English before you check for yourself. I highly recommend this fun read.