Candace Whitman Children's Books

 

ZOO-LOOKING

Reviewed in Newsweek!

Written by Mem Fox
Illustrations by Candace Whitman

Publisher:
Mondo Publishing, 1996

Price: $15.00 (hardcover)

Description: Flora loves looking at all the animals in the zoo, but what a surprise - she isn't the only one doing the looking! Flora looks at the giraffe, and the giraffe looks back. She looks at the ostrich, and the ostrich looks back, too. But when Flora looks at her dad, she gets the best surprise of all.

Beloved storyteller Mem Fox has created a lovely rhyme for zoo-loving children to read and chant out loud. Candace Whitman's enchanting torn paper pictures add to the joyous fun of the story.

Newsweek writes in an article entitled "The Best Kids' Stuff":  Dreamlike paintings show Flora at the zoo, checking out all the animals; at the end she gets a smile and a swing in the air from Dad. That's all, and it's just right. 

 

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The Carle family purchased Zoo-Looking as soon as
it came out.  Three generations read together!

 

 

Suitable Age/Stage:  Pre-readers and new readers; the repetitive text has momentum and bounce to help enforce language patterns.   Also good for introducing young ones to the zoo, or to repeat the fun of a visit. 

Purchase Zoo-Looking