This book is one of my son's favorites and while the text is very simple it is definitely useful for preschool age children to teach them what sounds different animals make. It is really enjoyable to read and the illustrations are absolutely beautiful.

This was one of the first books I ever wanted to sit still to read. I am especially fond of the first three pages and it used to make me giggle every time we say La La La! although I'm not quite sure what the joke is as I've never met a pig, singing or otherwise.

I enjoyed the writing style of this being in the form of a journal on how Descartes set out and then arrived at his conclusions.
Although many statements throughout were besides the point, at least in the first few chapters they were useful to observe. For example, the reasons for thinking and creating this, then the elaboration of using methodologies of mathematics to do so.
I can reaffirm that part one is most definitely a mirror image of ideas espoused by Buddhism. To the degree that specific part may have been independently discovered, perhaps Descartes should not be at fault but rather those who give Descartes more credit than he is due (such as those of us alive now).
Although, such a statement may be said of numerous other examples of misplaced credit throughout history.
The famed "I think therefore I am" was interesting to finally observe. However, in all my prior exposure to this notion, l had built up a misperception that many fundamental observations and axioms were used and perhaps needed to eventually, in some grandiose manner, lead to such a conclusion. Instead, it seemed to be a relatively straightforward conclusion.
In the latter parts, I appreciated Descartes' thoughts on approaches to science. The notion of a collaborative enterprise to discover truths of nature is a notion well established now, but was not necessarily so in the time of Descartes. He also mentioned the notion of people reporting even those experiments which failed, which reminded me of how science collectively may in fact simply be the testing of every experiment to exhaustion until nature is completely understood (if it ever can be).
I was not expecting this to be as short as it was, and appreciated how Descartes deliberately tried to keep it brief by voicing an implicit comparison to the works of other philosophers at one point.

I first learned to read with the board book Moo, Baa, La La La!. My parents say I had the whole thing memorized before age one. I've seen more recently on toddler reddit and things like that that this one is pretty common as a book that really young kids learn to read.

This was a very favorite board book for my children when they were small. I ran across it again today while browsing the shelves of our local bookstore for the latest in children's books, and it's just as endearing today as it was then. Boynton's animals are delightful, and the humor of the text makes it a joy to share repeatedly.

Review originally posted on Mostly YA Lit:

My cousin always read this to her firstborn when she was a baby, and I adopted it into our bedtime routine in their honor. This is a really easy-breezy one that helps keep bedtime short but has offered us a fun way to see our kid's growth over time -- slowly, incrementally, seeing her parrot the noises or point to certain animals on command. If you're going to invest in a(nother) book featuring barnyard animals, this is a good contender.

p.s. The other Goodreads reviews are INcredible.

Had this read to me when I was a baby apparently, although I was too young to remember. However, we still have it at my parent's house, so my mom gave it to me to read to my daughter! A very cute beginning book!

One of my favourite books to read at Storytime. Children really love all of the animal noises.

Moo, Baa, la la la! by Sandra Baynton is a silly story teaching about sounds. found in a kindergarten classroom

Drawing upon the well worn literary tradition of farm animal compendiums with corresponding animal sounds, "Moo, Baa, La La La!" breathes new life into the familiar narrative with the insertion of wit, absurdity, and touches of the existential. Upon the reveal of the three singing pigs, the book takes a sharp turn into a collective first person with the memorable line, "'No, no,' you say, 'That isn't right!'" Then comes the introduction of the rhinoceros, an oft ignored animal in this pictorial tradition, once more challenging form and expectation. The juxtaposition of dogs who "woof" and dogs who "bow, wow, wow" continues to push form, calling into question the very distinction between these two brands of dog, or more accurately, placing emphasis on the experience of the read over the sensibility of animal-sound categorization. Upon reaching the final page, a whole menagerie stares back at the reader with the existential closer: "It’s quiet now. What do you say?" One waits with bated breath to see what the young readers among us might say. It is indeed quiet, until infant sounds fill the void, the very words of the final page given meaning, breaking the fourth wall.

Everyone in my family grew up on this book so it's no wonder that Sam loves it