CRASH, BANG, Written by Peter Spier

BOOM!
 READING LEVEL – PRE-K & K

• PA State Standards
• From the publisher: • Standard - 9.1.M.PK.B1 & 9.1.M.K.B1
• A delicate panoply of sounds made Respond to different types of music and dance
through participation and discussion.
by everything from a tugboat to a
tuba is illustrated by Caldecott
Medal winner, Peter Spier. His • Standard - 9.2.PK.D1 & 9.2.K.D1
Explain that instruments or art forms represent
exuberant pictures display the cultural perspectives.
unerring color sense, imagination,
and attention to detail that have
made his work a favorite with
hundreds of thousands of children.
 ACTIVITIES

• Spier’s drawings are accompanied by written sounds that the item makes.  A
dropped plate is described with “SMASH!” a girl jumping rope with “SLAP 
SLAP  SLAP” and an electric shaver with “HUMMMMM.”   As parents and
teachers we became engrossed in our attempts to accurately make the sounds
for windshield wipers, a policeman’s whistle, an air hammer, a riveter, a
tornado, a snow blower, a bowling ball knocking down bowling pins,
dribbling a basketball, orchestral instruments warming up, fireworks, and
many, many other things that inhabit our lives.
• Making these noises along with the children is a great activity as it will keep
them involved and interested on every page.