This is the complete review as it appears (http://ianwoodnovellum.blogspot.com/2015/03/zoo-day-by-tina-marie-kaht.html) at my blog dedicated to reading, writing (no 'rithmatic!), movies, & TV.
This is one of a series and based on this, which covers a zoo trip, and which is the only one I've read, it's a winning series. Who doesn't love a trip to the zoo? I know that some feel that zoos are not a good idea in that they entrap animals which otherwise would be free to live a "normal life" but given that nature is, as Alfred Lord Tennyson reminded us, red in tooth and claw, it's not so bad to have a sheltered existence, especially if you're one of a few remaining and endangered members of a dying species.
I loved zoos as a kid and have never lost that love for animals, nature, preservation, and good ecology. I am not sure how kids would learn these vital things so well if it were not for a chance to see real live animals in zoos.
This one is told in, shall I say, interesting rhymes and has a variety of kids of all hues going to the zoo. I was curious about rhyming night with eyes rather than sight' when the 'bat' page came around. Maybe this was done deliberately to get kids out of a lazy habit of expectation and stir things up a bit. If so, it worked on me!
One thing which bothers me about this kind of book is that pretty much every animal featured was a mammal, which is misleading when it comes to understanding how varied and diverse the natural world is. This book was no exception. It was nearly all mammals. There was only one reptile - a snake - and two birds. There were no fish or amphibians - which is the most endangered class of animals there is.
I know it's not the job of writers of children's books to educate, per se, but it could be. I'd like to have seen more diversity. That said, the book was interesting, it did show a variety of mammals, and it was engaging and colorful, so I am willing to rate this one positively as a decent start, whilst hoping for better in future.
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Perfect book for young children before a trip to the zoo.
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