After the Buzz Comes the Bee - by Robie Rogge (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Buzz! Ribbit! Oink! Quack! Lift the flap to find the animals that are making all the noise!"--

Book Synopsis

Buzz! Quack! Lift the flap to find the animals that are making all the noise! With humorous illustrations by Caldecott honoree Rachel Isadora.

"After the buzz comes the . . . "
Lift the flap to find the bee!
"After the quack comes the . . . "
Lift the flap to find the duck!

Lift the four-inch, heavy cardstock flaps to reveal boldly colored animals in this charming gift book. A group of adorable and diverse kids follow the hoot-hoot through the woods to find an owl under a bright moon. Hearing oink-oink, a little boy finds a messy piglet hiding behind a veggie trough. A pair of friends find a panda climbing a vibrant bamboo grove, saying ar-ar-ar.

An interactive guessing game in a large format picture book with 10 fun flaps. Toddlers will delight in the funny sounds and finding animals, familiar and unusual, while learning pre-reading skills at the same time.

Caldecott honor winning co-author and illustrator Rachel Isadora and innovative co-author Robie Rogge, who launched the groundbreaking bestseller Fun with Hieroglyphs, have come together to create a gift book that is perfect for baby showers, birthdays, and holidays.

Review Quotes

★ "This beautiful little book will appeal to toddlers and their parents alike and would work equally well one-on-one or in story time."--School Library Journal, Starred Review

"Crisply inked, loosely rendered pen, ink, and watercolor illustrations take place along a single plane, generally placing the reader at the child characters' eye level and enabling audiences to savor the animals' irresistible appearance and the children's quiet poise--which the animals clearly appreciate--in the wake of each sound's reveal."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Rachel Isadora has written and illustrated more than 200 children's books, including Ben's Trumpet, a Caldecott Honor book. Her exceptional list of bestsellers includes Bea at Ballet and other books about Bea, Every Little Thing, based upon the song by Bob Marley, and Flossie and Fox by Patricia McKissack. She is also co-author and illustrator of I Say Please and Thank You: Lift-the-Flap Manners for Holiday House. Rachel, a former ballet dancer, is also a fine artist with a special interest in dance. She divides her time between New York City and France.

Robie Rogge was publishing manager at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art where she initiated Fun with Hieroglyphs, the Can You Find It? series, and Museum ABC. She is the author of Baby See, Baby Do: Lift and Look in the Mirror and One Black Cat Board Book. And for adults, she is co-author of Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You: A Journal. She is also co-author of I Say Please and Thank You: Lift-the-Flap Manners for Holiday House. Robie lives in New York City.