A nearly-wordless book in which a young boy, eager to reach a much-anticipated holiday party on time, listens to the sounds of the shovels, snow plow, and other equipment used to clear his way.

Short sentences and special activities featuring alliteration, rhyme, and phonetic spellings introduce sounds and the words used to describe them and encourage the reader to respond creatively.

A mouse takes a journey through the alphabet, told entirely with sounds and pictures.

"Full-color photographs show trains and related noise-making features including brakes, engines horns, crossings, and door chimes. Repeating text identifies the machine and presents rhythmic onomatopoeia for the sound it produces. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities for toddlers learning to identify sounds, rhyme, rhythm, and related language structures."--

At night, a host of woodland creatures plays with a child's red sled.