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1 Zany Zoo (2010)

by Lori Degman(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1416989900 (ISBN13: 9781416989905)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

review 1: The rhymes were cute, but I found the lively illustrations too distracting, too busy. It's too busy for a group storytime. The cover is a much better example of illustration, being lively yet uncluttered. It might have been my crusty old-person's eyes, but I had trouble seeing in the illustrations what was described in the text because of the sketchy style and the general busy-ness of the art. It is aimed at age 3 and up, and the counting concept might work for them, but illustration still seems above a 3's head. One of the illustrations has monkey's beating on turtles undersides instead of the backs as described in the text. Art seems too old for a young child and the text too young for an older one. Otherwise, these two newcomers show promise.There was a note on t... morehe back that activities were available at the Simon & Schuster website, but navigating that was aggravating and when I finally found the activities page for this book, it was, at this date, empty.
review 2: This was a good rhyming book for my 4-year-old because the story was short and there were things for him to look for on the pages. Inside the Zoo, "1 fearless fox grabbed the zookeeper's keys. He used them to set all the animals free."Each page counts a different number of animals so my child could count the animals plus look for other things that were mentioned . . . "6 groovy 'roos tapped the beat with their shoes, and laughing hyenas sang rhythm and blues.A lizard in sunglasses wailed on the sax,while monkeys kept time on the box turtles' backs." less

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