Buzz! Boom! Bang!: The Book of Sounds [Hardcover]

An ALA Notable Children's Book, 2026
A Bank Street Best Children's Book, 2026

A brand-new kind of interactive picture book invites you to make the sounds you see—and inspires endless fun.

This wordless picture book is meant to be read aLOUD!

Can youbangandboom,
caw and crash,
buzzand blub,
pitter-patter andpffffft?

Will you whoosh, yawn, moo or roar? It’s easy!

1. Open the book.
2. Make the sound that you see.
3. Giggle, turn the page, repeat.

With bold colors, zany illustrations, and no words at all,Buzz! Boom! Bang!inspires a whole new kind of reading experience.Benjamin Gottwald lives in Hamburg, Germany, where he works as an illustrator and animator, draws for a magazine, and builds characters out of wood. His first book,Buzz! Boom! Bang!, was an ALA Notable Children's Book (2026) and won the Hamburg Picture Book Prize and the German Youth Literature Award."Audible magic.""Bold shapes and vivid colors help set the stage for noises within the amusing, smart compositions.""Recommended for most libraries—and no shushing allowed!""[A] joyous celebration of sound, movement, and imagination...""An eclectic, original book in which creativity is key.""The flexibility of the reading experience offered here will appeal to a wide variety of age groups and various levels of reading/language fluency."A lively and imaginative exploration of sound that will delight both children and caregivers.