Animal books are always appealing to a young audience and it's nice to see a different approach. By focusing on methods of communication the author is able to cover a wide variety of animal types. And this is more than just brief facts. We get not only "apes flash their teeth" but also what scientists have been able to determine about the types of messages that animals convey.

This book has all the different types of animals and the sounds they make/how they might make different sounds for different reasons. There was a lot on each page and it was busy.

This is both misleading, but also true book about how to understand what animals are saying. But, of course, if you spend any time with your pets, you dang well know what they are saying. I know that I know all the things the chickens say and what it means. And this is quite close to how they sounds.

And I would be surprised if no one knows what cats’ hissing means.

Still, I didn't know about how hippos spoke, or goats, as far as that goes.

So, not so much misleading, but disappointing that animals aren’t saying more. Some animals, in the book, only say “hey, I think I love you.”

Cute book, however, to show the “humanity” of animals, and their communications. Also fun, I suppose if you go to the zoo, to tell others what the animals are chattering about.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for making this book available for an honest review. This book comes out the 3rd of October 2023