Lost and Found, What's that Sound?

by Jonathan Ying, Victoria Ying (Illustrator)

Overview

“An excellent choice for any library.” —School Library Journal

It's a busy day at Rabbit's Lost and Found. Poor Squirrel has lost his drum, Elephant has lost her piano, and Bat has lost his entire band! Will Rabbit find their lost instruments before show time?

With lively rhyming text and colorful illustrations, this picture book from brother-and-sister team Jonathan and Victoria Ying (Not Quite Black and White) is perfect for sharing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062380685
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/13/2017
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jonathan Ying has been on a steady diet of cartoons, comics, and fantasy novels since he was young. He’s an author and game designer who currently resides in New Jersey. He arrived there by plane. Visit him at www.jonathanying.com.

Victoria Ying is an artist with a background in animation. She is the illustrator of Not Quite Black and White and Lost and Found, What’s That Sound?, both written by her brother, Jonathan Ying. She lives in Los Angeles and enjoys car rides with her dog, Buster, and being at home with her cat, Boots. Visit her online at www.victoriaying.com.

Editorial Reviews

An excellent choice for any library....great for an instrument-themed storytime or a read-aloud in music class.” — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

07/01/2017
PreS-Gr 1—At the peculiar Lost and Found desk, items are found by their sound. A poor little mouse has lost his thing that goes "toot! toot!" It's not a bike horn or a train; his lost item is a trumpet! A succession of animals follow, each having lost a particular instrument. The final animal is in fact the conductor (a bat) who has lost his whole band. They are all reunited in a happy musical ending. With its simple, rhyming text, use of onomatopoeia, and musical theme, this book is sure to be a winner. The bright cartoon illustrations on a white background are very appealing. VERDICT This musical rhyming book is an excellent choice for any library. It would be great for an instrument-themed storytime or a read-aloud in music class.—Jasmine L. Precopio, Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh

School Library Journal

2017-03-06
Just before showtime, the animals in the band must search for their instruments in the lost and found by their identifying sounds.A mouse happily claims the trumpet after a congenial-looking rabbit clerk produces a bicycle horn, trumpet, and toy train in response to a request for an instrument that makes a "Toot! Toot! Toot!" sound. Similarly a beaver retrieves the triangle from an assortment of things that make a "Ding! Ding! Ding!" sound. An elephant and a squirrel find their piano and drum, and the band reassembles, led by their conductor, a bat. The animals' questions are phrased in rhyming couplets: "The thing I lost goes Plink! Plank! Plunk! I play it with my big, long trunk," explains the elephant. The simple, black-outlined cartoons against a white or pale yellow background extend the narrative so that readers are expected to discern objects with their corresponding sounds. The rabbit offers the elephant first a piggy bank ("Plink!"), then a flowerpot full of water ("Plank!"), and then a comically tiny piano ("Plunk!"). Unfortunately, as the band comes together, their meager performance reflects the bareness of this storyline. The bat ends the search and exclaims, "You found my things! They sound so grand. / One, two, three— // let's hit it, band! / Toot! Ding! Plunk! Boom!" The flat ending is disappointing for a group of characters who could have exhibited a rousing rhythmic finale. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews