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A little girl explores the zoo while her parents are searching for her.
Publication
Kane/Miller Book Pub (1828)
User reviews
LibraryThing member Lizziep
This book expemlifies the power of imagination. The illustrator uses color in an extraordinary way to convey a sense of the differences between adult reality and child reality. The main character of the story takes a trip to the zoo and as the story begins one can tell that all the animals in the
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zoo are gone away from thier displays. This is shown in a very drab color scheme of greys and blues and I consider this to be from the point of view of an adult. To contrast that point of view, the illustrator creates the next page with vibrant colors and fills it with animals in which the child is interacting with. This conveys the magic the child creates from her imagination. The overlaying theme of this book is that even when reality seems grey, imagination can over power the monotony of real life. Show Less
LibraryThing member aengle
K-2. Not a lot of text. Great when learning about animals. Maybe read before a field trip to the zoo.
LibraryThing member HilarySI624
In Suzy Lee’s The Zoo, a little girl recounts a recent trip she and her parents took to the zoo. While the text calmly lists the animals she and her family visited, the illustrations tell a different story entirely! An extra amount of depth is added to the illustrations through the layered
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placement of character cutouts on top of the static background. While her parents look at Bear Hill, the little girl wanders after a brightly colored peacock. The change from the dull gray world of adults into the Technicolor domain of the animals is starkly delineated in one illustration. The reader then alternately follows the girl as she plays with the animals and her parents as they search frantically through a gray-toned zoo strangely devoid of any animals at all. Lee’s story is imaginative, and should spark a great deal of interest and humor with children. It would be an excellent book for fully engaging children in storytime, as well as a good addition to both grade school and public library collections. Show Less
LibraryThing member Elizabeth1977
This story about a little girl's adventures at the zoo includes beautiful illustrations. The book does not have a great amount of words, but the illustrations make up for it!
LibraryThing member manich01
Her parents may think the narrator is lost, but she has simply escaped to a place filled with color and creatures . . . Will they find her? This book's structure delightfully contrasts perspectives and experiences for an ironically comic effect. Use it to teach perspectives and technique.
LibraryThing member bereneezypie
This is a really cool book! It doesn't have a whole lot of words in it, but it's about a daughter who visits the zoo with her parents. While each page talks about what animals they "saw" (as none of the animals appear to be in any of their cages), the little girl is lead away by a colorful peacock
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into a pond area. That is where she finds all the animals from the zoo! Hanging out & having a party! Meanwhile, her parents look around for their lost daughter everywhere, only to find her in the end napping on a bench in the zoo. The illustrations in the book are so good! Show Less
LibraryThing member TamaraSmith
This is a cute story. A family takes a trip to the zoo but they don't see any animals. Their little girl finds a peacock, which happens to be the only thing in color. She follows the peacock into a colorful world and all the animals no one sees at the zoo are in this world. Her parents notice she's
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missing and begin frantically looking for her. Meanwhile, the little girl is busy playing with the animals. Her parents find her asleep on the bench dreaming of being with the animals, Show Less
LibraryThing member epoche
The Zoo is a book about a little girls trip to the zoo with her parents. She carries a balloon in the shape of a bird. Her parents and her visits the monkey house and the little girl walks off and follow a peacock. Once her parents are by the hippos they realize they lost the little girl. meanwhile
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the little girl is playing in water with zoo animals. The parents look around frantically. Finally the parents find her sleeping on a bench, she was tired from her fun filled day. I would read this book to younger children because it is a good book to get the students talking. The pictures tell the actual story not the words. Show Less
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Original language
Korean
Original publication date
2010