Who Made That Sound? Animals And Their Sounds in English, Spanish, and Manderin

Debbie Dearen Richmond, Eduardo Paj, and Jiao Hoggard and I are extrememly proud of this review!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09XL1SPD1/

Reviewed By Asher Syed for Readers’ Favorite

Who Made That Sound? Animals and Their Sounds in English, Spanish, and Mandarin, written by Florenza Lee and illustrated by Debbie Richmond, is a children’s picture book that depicts several different animals and describes the sounds they make in the three titular languages. Over thirty animals are shown in the book, which covers a wide range of different species. These range from insects like the bee that buzzes and birds like the humming and chirping hummingbird to domestic animals such as the cat that meows and purrs, to reptiles and wild animals like the snake that hisses and rattles and the koala that bellows and shrieks. The languages are tiered with a simple, single line each, first in English, then Spanish, and finally in Mandarin.

Debbie Richmond is a spectacular artist and what she achieves in Who Made That Sound? is absolutely incredible. It is a level of artistry that is impossible to describe but so gorgeous that both myself and my young reader were spellbound on every single page. My favorites are the chicken which is almost powdery in how its feathers billow on the page, and the duck, which Richmond has illustrated in rich jewel tones that highlight the emerald green head and blue side belly of a Mallard. My daughter kept asking me to go backward and forward so she could revisit the sweet-looking donkeys, the swan that sits with its plumes delicately lifted, and the baby tiger with a soft face and muted orange-striped coat. Gorgeous.