Have You Ever Heard a Horse Sing?
Have You Ever Heard a Horse Sing?
Pauline Barzilaï
Welcome to a world where flowers dance, shoes fall in love, and horses sing. If you look and listen close enough, this world might be ours.
Have you ever heard a frog whistle? An ant fart? A cake cry? They do it all the time, but you can only hear it if you stay very still and listen very closely. Have You Ever Heard a Horse Sing? is Barzilaï's humorous spin on a classic animal sounds book, only this time the pages themselves clang, pop, and buzz with absurd and ecstatic sound. In thickly applied brushstrokes, Barzilaï’s vivid artwork reflects the imaginative possibilities within our ordinary world. If a book makes you smile while reading it, perhaps the book itself is laughing too.
Ages 5+ | Hardcover | 42 pages | ISBN: 9798893380880 | December 29, 2026
PRAISE FOR Have You Ever Heard a Horse Sing?
★ "Variations on the title question unfold with increasing absurdity in Barzilaï’s fervent English-language debut… Fluidly rendered paintings amplify the jollity at the center of this provocative work."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Young readers are encouraged to reimagine and reconsider the world around them with this participatory book. How? With the weirdest animals sounds you ever did hear... The end result is just so deliciously weird (and Batchelder-worthy, I'd argue). The artwork, meanwhile, consists of thickly applied brushstrokes that are almost Maira Kalman-esque. You could frame each page of this book."—Betsy Bird, School Library Journal
