Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds [School & Library Binding]

Linda Sue Park (Author), Julia Durango (Author), Sue Rama (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3–In this follow-up to Mung-Mung: A Foldout Book of Animal Sounds (Charlesbridge, 2004), Park and Durango present the sounds people make to express such things as distaste, laughter, and surprise. The outer pages of the foldouts detail people sounds in various languages and dialects, such as Danish, Yoruba, Korean, and Farsi. These words and phrases, surrounded by pastel borders, are accompanied by children expressing these sounds with clear facial expressions and gestures. On the inner pages, the English translation is revealed along with Rama's ink, watercolor, and crayon illustrations of these youngsters enacting a scenario that would prompt a yuck, yum, or yikes response. Younger children may need help to understand some of the scenes, particularly why an overturned spice cart causes the children's yummy ice cream to turn yucky. The final pages include an authors' note on the difficulty of translating people sounds as well as the origins of the lesser-known languages. This original offering is a delightful addition to the canon of multicultural picture books and a fun read-aloud guessing game.–Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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About the Author

Linda Sue Park
AuthorLinda Sue Park was born and raised in Illinois. The daughter of Korean immigrants, she has been writing poems and stories since she was four years old, and her favorite thing to do as a child was read.

This is the first thing she ever published--a haiku in a children's magazine when she was nine years old:

In the green forest A sparkling, bright blue pond hides. And animals drink. (Trailblazer magazine, Winter 1969)

During elementary school and high school, Linda Sue had several more poems published in magazines for children and young people. She went to Stanford University, competed for the gymnastics team, and graduated with a degree in English. Then she took a job as a public-relations writer for a major oil company. This was not exactly the kind of writing she wanted to do, but it did teach her to present her work professionally and that an interested writer can make any subject fascinating (well, almost any subject...).

In 1983, after two years with the oil company, Linda Sue left her job and moved to Dublin when a handsome Irishman swept her off her feet. She studied literature, moved to London, worked for an advertising agency, married that Irishman, had a baby, taught English as a Second Language to college students, worked as a food journalist, and had another baby. It was a busy time, and she never even thought about writing children's books.

Linda Sue now lives in upstate New York with the Irishman, their two children, and a dog. The dog is a Border Terrier named Fergus. Besides reading and writing, Linda Sue likes to cook, travel, watch movies, and do the New York Times crossword puzzles (daily and Sunday). She enjoys baseball and soccer (watching); board games (playing--Scrabble and trivia games are her favorites); and video games like Tetris and Dr. Mario.

Julia Durango
Author
Julia Durango is the author of the bilingual picture book Peter Claver: Patron Saint of Slaves (Simon & Schuster). She lives with her family in Ottawa, Illinois.

Sue Rama
Illustrator Sue Rama is both a writer and illustrator for children. Largely self-taught as an artist, Sue studied fimmaking and literature and worked as a graphic designer, all of which helped prepare her for the challenge of telling a children's story. Sue lives in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut, where she enjoys work, walking, and meditation.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 36 pages
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Pub Inc (June 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570916594
• ISBN-13: 978-1570916595
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,436,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yum, yuck, some language learning, December 23, 2006

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Karyn W "blckwidow8" (Kansas City, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds (School & Library Binding)

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute Book of People Sounds in Several Languages, November 8, 2008

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Lynn Ellingwood "The ESOL Teacher" (Webster, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds (School & Library Binding)

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.

3.0 out of 5 stars Get Mung-Mung instead, August 6, 2008

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C. Brown - See all my reviews
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I bought this book because our family enjoyed Mung-Mung, about animal sounds, so much. This idea sounded good, but just doesn't seem as fun or engaging.