Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! by Wynton Marsalis

I love the colors, the illustrations, and the onomatopoeia on each page - buzz, buzz, chomp, chomp. Lift-the-flaps covering the egg, apple, wing, fin, or nesting doll and see what you can find. A nosy mouse eek-eek-eeeks ! / It’s also how my sister’s saxophone sometimes spee. I can tell you this is the perfect book to read aloud because it’s all about onomatopoeia - the sounds of everyday life and of instruments. I adore Wynton Marsalis so when I saw this book I couldn’t wait to read it.

Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! by Wynton Marsalis, illustrated by Paul Rogers “ Back in their sleeping bags, Cairo, Benny, and MIles closed their eyes and listened to the shhh shhh, the plonk plonk, and the ting ting of the wind chime.” This is an onomatopoeia story that begs to be read aloud!

The noises give us a lovely atmospheric feel and we get a strong sense of relationships and community. In this building, noisy kids and cats and parrots wake each other up–then slowly everyone falls back asleep. Digger! Digger! // Coming through!” It’s a rhythmic delight for kids, especially those who love big machines.Įverybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter, illustrated by Oge Mora “ Bang-a-shudder! Clang-a-judder! What’s at work? Here’s a clue: // it will dig big holes for you.

Mentor Texts To Teach Onomatopoeiaĭig, Dump, Roll by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian LovelockĪ noisy world of construction that begs to be read aloud! Listen to the machine’s sounds then read the clue and try to guess what machine it is. These books show your young writers the possibilities for incorporating the sense of sound into stories and poems. You can also use these picture books as mentor texts to model for your elementary level students how to write using onomatopoeia. Sounds words like these engage kids and are fantastic to learn about and use in your own writing.Īs you read these example books out loud, encourage kids to join you in making the sounds in the books. If you want examples of onomatopoeia, these picture books examples will give you more than enough examples to delight and entertain.

Do you know what onomatopoeia is? And how much FUN these words are to say out loud?