Color Zoo

by Lois Ehlert

Other authorsLois Ehlert (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1989

Status

Available

Local notes

E Ehl

Barcode

2196

Publication

HarperCollins (1989), Edition: 1st, 40 pages

Description

Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1989

Physical description

40 p.; 9 inches

Media reviews

Courtney E. Mahr
I would use this book in the classroom when teaching about shapes. It is great of the students to see the pages in full color and feel the shapes.

User reviews

LibraryThing member dchaves
My how enginous to create the shapes to make the animals from the zoo. Great age appropriate because kids really love animal and making up animal sounds to go with the pictures.
LibraryThing member patinoc2
I really like this creative book with cutouts stacked so that with each page turn, a layer is removed to reveal yet another picture of an animal.
LibraryThing member barussell
I really enjoyed reading this book and looking at the differnt pictures. This book names and shows a lot of the basic shapes and how they can be used to make different animals. This book also shows different colors and at the end of the book it tells the different colors and shapes and shows each
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shape that makes all of the different animals.
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LibraryThing member ermilligan
This book shows how all the different shapes can be put together to make different animals. Also, each shape is full of color and also they are bright. The book also provides you a summary with what each shape and color are, it would be good for younger students and a fun way to get them thinking
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about shapes and different colors.
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LibraryThing member sbpagac
This book changed with every flip of a page. The way all the cutouts are placed in this book, each page turned reveals something else about each animal. As with many of her other books, the Color Zoo is definately very colorful and eye-grabbing. The pictures are created by shapes that young
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children can recognize. The biggest strength is the artwork and the creativity of using the shapes to constantly reveal something else.
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LibraryThing member nieva21
This is good because it will work on color recognization skills and naming skills of animals that a child already knows, possibly also reinforce the body parts of the animal, while attributing new shapes to those skills and body part areas.
LibraryThing member kazylstra
Great for students guessing what animals are in the book by looking at the differnt shapes put together.
LibraryThing member Remugnaini
Summary: Zoo animals come to life in this unique book. There's a tiger, a mouse, and a fox. More animals come along to introduce shapes and colors. At the end there are animals, colors, and shapes listed as an overview for students. There isn't much of a plot because the animal names are simply
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listed and only one is placed on each page. The pages with shapes have three, but they are listed as well.
This book takes simple shapes and colors and applies them to animals that children are familiar with. Most of the pages have shapes cut out of them to create various shapes and animals. This is a great book to read when teaching about shapes, colors, or animals.
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LibraryThing member aabengtson
This story is an very easy read for beginning readers. Each page contains only one word. The story uses a creative and inventive way to teach students shapes and animals.
LibraryThing member kcsutherland
This book introduces colors and shapes. Its illustrations are cut out shapes that form the faces of different animals when the pages are on top of each other.
LibraryThing member gmashley
This was a very interesting book. It is very, very colorful. The pictures are made by cutouts and each time you turn the page, another animal is formed. It is a very neat book.
LibraryThing member ericha.anderson
Concept Book
This book presents shapes, animals, and colors in a fun an unique way. Children will love turning the pages to see how shapes can be put together to form an animal. A summary of the names of the shapes and colors are listed at the end of the book.

This is a fun book to use with
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pre-schoolers and kindergartners. They will have fun names the animals, shapes, and colors. As an extrention, teachers can provide students with their own shape cut outs and instruct them to create their own animals pictures. They could label the shapes and colors they use.
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LibraryThing member srfox
This book takes an interesting spin on showing children the shape of animals. It shows of different animals and different colors in the book. It is a 3D type of book, and would be interesting for young children.
LibraryThing member jenhope
This is another book that I brought to the daycare to read to the kids. It has great pictures and the concept for learning all the different shapes and using your creative thinking to see what each animal it is. The toddlers and preschoolers love this book.
LibraryThing member bperkins07
Genre: This book is hard to catagorize, but I will say it is poetry, because it has a poem about colors, shapes and animals. After that it just flips through colored shapes that form animals.
LibraryThing member katieginn
This is a cute picture book will shapes and colors. Turn the pages and make you're own animals. Fun and engaging for young children.
LibraryThing member lpeal
This book teaches children to count by using different types of flowers. Each flower has petals and you count the petals on them. The pictures are all photographs taken by the authors. This is a very easy book that small kids could benfit from. It could be used year round in Pre-K when teaching
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them to count.
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LibraryThing member mbackes10
Fantastic illustrations through the use of collage. This book will capture the young at heart as they explore the world of colors and shapes as soon through zoo animals.
LibraryThing member erburr117
An interesting and creative book, I think this is a good one to teahc color and shapes, and even maybe about animals in a fun way. Also I think it does a good job with eye-hand coordination and motor movements. I also like the big, bold colors in it, I think this is a very good activity and
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learning book for the classroom. I think it could aslo inspire a class project to cut out shapes using different colors to create their own animal, maybe even a made up one.
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LibraryThing member Elizabeth1977
A colorful book using die-cut pages and simple text teaches about animals and shapes. A follow-up activity could be providing students with their shape pieces and having them create their own animal.
LibraryThing member juliac83
Summary:
This book is full of pages with many shapes and colors that make up different animals. Each set of die-cut shapes and colors make new animals. When you subtract certain shapes you get a whole new animal. It also has shape and color review pages in the back.

Personal Reaction:
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would make a great circle time read. It shows an artistic way to learn shapes and colors. The different colors and shapes lead to an always changing story. You can even add animal sounds to keep the kids interested.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
This book would be a great way to teach shapes and colors. You could even give the students pages to color and cut out to make different animal shapes. This would also be a good book for animals and animal sounds.
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LibraryThing member sskatherine
I did not enjoy this as much as Ehlert's Leaf Man. However, it is a colorful, and graphic exploration of zoo animals. I do not think I would have been able to identify all of the animals without the corresponding text, but I can definitely see how this book would appeal to children. It is hands-on,
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the shape cut-outs are unique and it is simple. the pages summarizing the different shapes and colors are wonderful. It could be fun to use this in connection with pattern blocks, and have students create their own animals from shapes. It is a great introduction to shapes and colors.
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LibraryThing member AngelaPrice
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
This Informational Book’s pages are a series of cutout geometric shapes that stack on top of each other to form different animals’ faces. The brightly colored pages feature an animal and its name on the right side of the page. When the page is turned, the left side shows
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only one geometric shape and its name. After three animals are presented, a summary page shows each of the shapes used in the designs. In total, nine animal faces are depicted in this book.

This is a cute board book that is very popular with the pre-kindergartners I read to each Friday. Some of the pictures are a bit more difficult to figure out, but the bright colors and creativity involved in designing the animals’ faces make this book a fun one to peruse. It is interesting to see how the shapes are combined to change an animal from a lion to a mouse to a fox.

In the classroom I would use this book in a group setting to talk about colors and shapes. Each picture can be shown, and the students can be asked to name the color and shapes used to make the animals. Another activity would be to share this book with students and then allow them to cut out shapes and create their own animals.
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LibraryThing member cmiller05
Shows how different shapes can look like different animals, with shapes cutouts and colored add ins.
LibraryThing member CourtneyZeggert
Color Zoo is a great shape, color and animal book. I would recommend this for ages 1-3, but because the way each animal and shape transform from page to page in a combination of shared traits I can see people of all ages appreciating this finely crafted book. I also like that the animals are
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geometric and not too real, it adds to the visual allure of the book.
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Pages

40

Rating

½ (80 ratings; 3.8)
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