Dear Zoo or Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

Author: Rod Campbell

Dear Zoo is twenty-five

years old — and still as popular as ever!

And with an updated look, this children's classic

is sure to delight a new generation of readers!

Kathleen Karr - Children's Literature

Campbell's lift-the-flap book, imported from England two decades ago, now has a new, celebratory format as a board book. It's still the same story of a child writing to the zoo to request a pet. A series of animals are sent and rejected as too big, too tall, too fierceѕuntil at last the perfect pet arrives. It is necessary, of course, to lift the flaps to discover the animals rejected, and the one accepted. It makes for a nice little toddler-level guessing game. As there are new toddlers coming along every few years, Campbell's little book just might remain in print forever. 2002 (orig. 1982), Little Simon,

Children's Literature

For kids who enjoy repetition and are working on recognizing animals, this lift-the-flap board book will be well received. The young narrator has asked the zoo to send a pet (caregivers may need to explain that a zoo really would not do this). As each crate arrives, kids open the flap to reveal an animal. Then the narrator tells why the animal was sent back. It is interactive, amusing, and has a little surprise at the end. The simple, bright illustrations are set on sturdy white pages, and the shape of the crate and other hints in the picture will have kids quickly guessing which animal has arrived. This is the 25th anniversary edition.

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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Author: Judy Blum

Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing.

Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing smashed potatoes on walls at Hamburger Heaven, or scribbling all over Peter's homework, he's never far from trouble. He's a two-year-old terror who gets away with everything—and Peter's had enough.

When Fudge walks off with Dribble, Peter's pet turtle, it's the last straw. Peter has put up with Fudge too long. How can he get his parents to pay attention to him for a change?


From the Trade Paperback edition.