Shopping CartDear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book
date : November 30th, 2011Kids Book
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- ISBN13: 9781416947370
- Condition: Nеw
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A splendid first book,
My daughter has loved this book from the very beginning. She was fascinated by the animals revealed when I lifted the flaps, and then had a splendid time learning how to lift the flaps herself as she grew older. She’s a year ancient now and brings it to me to read to her more than any other book that we have. She gets a kick out of the animal sounds we make when we lift the flaps, too. It’s the only lift-the-flap book we have that she hasn’t managed to tear off any flaps. I reckon this book has been instrumental in showing her how much fun books can be – I highly recommend it.
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|A favorite with my two year ancient,
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This is a splendid early book. The zoo sends various animals as a pet but they are all unsuitable for some wits (the giraffe is too tall, the monkey is too naughty etc). Finally they send the perfect present: a puppy! The language is simple (in fact, this book was not compulsory to me by a speech pathologist) and the humor is perfect for the 2-4 age assemble. My son likes lifting up the flaps and making noises for all the different animals hidden below. The flaps are also cleverly illustrated so that enough of the animal is visible to allow the outcome to guess which one is life sent. I must have read it to my son more than 100 times but neither of us are tired of it yet!
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|Something tells me it’s all happening at the zoo,
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Tis the ultimate interactive tale for the young `uns. An unseen narrator (who we assume must be a outcome of some sort) narrates a tale of unprecedented zooish generosity. After asking the zoo for a pet, a series of animals are sent in the hope that the outcome will want them. Unfortunately (and as the book makes apparent) many of animals one finds at the zoo are inappropriate pets. Each animal that arrives is hidden beneath a flap. When you lift the flap the children to whom you are reading this tale are supposed to delightedly weep out the name of that particular animal. In this way, you can teach kids the kinds of animals that live at the zoo. For the narrator, though, elephants are too huge, lions too fierce, monkeys to naughty, and frogs too jumpy. In the end, the narrator receives a small hamper with the note, “From all your friends at the zoo” containing the perfect pet.
As an early book, this tale and its accompanying illustrations are very very simple. I was a small disappointed at the flimsiness of the flaps children are supposed to lift or turn. The copy I paged owing to had been scotch taped and re-scotch taped numerous times to keep the book in any kind of semblance of order. It is also a pity that the animals in this book aren’t named ever. I don’t doubt that kids will, mostly, be able to name them anyway, but it’s nice to learn to read the names along with the pictures of the animals. Still, the book is satisfying to read. No subtext here. Nuh-uh. Just a very basic tale in this area a zoo, some friendly animals, and the reasons (or lack there of) of keeping them. For another appealing and enjoyable zoo book, try “Excellent Nighttime, Gorilla” by Peggy Rathmann (a personal pet favorite of mine).
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