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ZooZical
by
Judy Sierra (Goodreads Author),
Marc Brown
Winter weather is keeping children from visiting the zoo. So the animals are out of sorts—listless, grumpy, and no longer fun. All except two little friends, a very small hippo and a baby kangaroo. Their hip-hopping, toe-tapping, and rap-rocking soon has the other animals joining in the hip-aroo beat. "Racoons danced in pairs, baboons danced in troops, and snakes joined th...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
August 9th 2011
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
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ZooZical is a new picture book written by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Marc Brown. This is the type of book that screams to be picked up and shared with children. Those of you who love Marc Brown will really enjoy the illustrations too. This hardcover is big and bright, so are the characters.
It all starts when the zoo animals get into a funk. They don’t have any visitors and are in a bad mood. When one little hippo and one little roo...more
ZooZical is a new picture book written by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Marc Brown. This is the type of book that screams to be picked up and shared with children. Those of you who love Marc Brown will really enjoy the illustrations too. This hardcover is big and bright, so are the characters.
It all starts when the zoo animals get into a funk. They don’t have any visitors and are in a bad mood. When one little hippo and one little roo...more
Pretty cute. I am prone to dislike rhyming books. They grate on me. But this one, I like. The rhyme rolls right off the tongue, doesn't feel forced, and is full of fun phrases, to boot.
It's winter and no one is coming to the zoo. Families are staying home where it's warm, schools aren't taking field trips to outdoor locations. The animals are bored, bored, bored, until one little hippo hops out of the way of a collapsing large hippo. A tiny kangaroo sees him and hops, too, and soon they're hopp...more
It's winter and no one is coming to the zoo. Families are staying home where it's warm, schools aren't taking field trips to outdoor locations. The animals are bored, bored, bored, until one little hippo hops out of the way of a collapsing large hippo. A tiny kangaroo sees him and hops, too, and soon they're hopp...more
It’s a wintery day at the zoo and all the animals are bored. What to do? Put on a show! A ZooZical! They practice their songs, dances, and acrobatics. They paint scenery and sew costumes. That night for the performance, despite the snow, crowds of people arrive at the zoo. The performance is a show-stopping success, the perfect ending to a snowy day.
Sierra’s rhyming text is full of whimsical wordplay and the illustrations are jam-packed with a cast of colorful characters. I especially love that...more
Sierra’s rhyming text is full of whimsical wordplay and the illustrations are jam-packed with a cast of colorful characters. I especially love that...more
Have you ever wondered what happens at the zoo when “frosty winds blow, when families stay at home, and when field trips are few”? In Zoozical by Judy Sierra, the answer is: midwinter doldrums!
To be more specific:
Little lemurs stopped leaping
Their yowling was keeping
The wombats awake
Then the snakes (by mistake)
Tied themselves up in knots
Ocelots lost their spots.
How does one get rid of the midwinter doldrums? For the animals at the zoo, all looked lost until a large hippo collapsed, a small hippo...more
To be more specific:
Little lemurs stopped leaping
Their yowling was keeping
The wombats awake
Then the snakes (by mistake)
Tied themselves up in knots
Ocelots lost their spots.
How does one get rid of the midwinter doldrums? For the animals at the zoo, all looked lost until a large hippo collapsed, a small hippo...more
"Zoozical" by Judy Sierra instantly became one of my new favorites after I read the fun story of the zoo animals who, in efforts to get people to come to the zoo during the cold winter, put on a musical, which they call a "zoozical." After practicing the songs with lyrics such as "if you're hoppy and you know it, clap your paws" and "for he's a jolly gorilla," the animals are ready to perform in front of an audience. However, hippo gets stage fright and the kangaroo falls asleep, and the fate of...more
Mommy's review from 9/10/11 -
Julia and I both really love rhyming books and when I flicked through this at the library I knew right away we'd like it. The story is pretty simple, it's basically about a group of zoo animals who get sad when the bad winter weather keeps the people away from the zoo. The animals are going through their boring days, not doing much of anything, when some of them started tapping and singing and twirling which got all of the other animals involved in turn.
The bad weat...more
Julia and I both really love rhyming books and when I flicked through this at the library I knew right away we'd like it. The story is pretty simple, it's basically about a group of zoo animals who get sad when the bad winter weather keeps the people away from the zoo. The animals are going through their boring days, not doing much of anything, when some of them started tapping and singing and twirling which got all of the other animals involved in turn.
The bad weat...more
Oct 02, 2011
Candice
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Sophie
Shelves:
picture-books
A colorful, rhyming book that is lots of fun. The winter doldrums have hit the zoo.
"Owls did not give a hoot.
Pandas quit being cute."
And just when it seemed that things can't get worse, a little hippo and a little kangaroo start hopping, which encourags the other animals to dance, and the idea of a ZooZical is born! The pictures of the animals singing and dancing (The giraffes sing It's a Tall World After All while the porcupines sing Oh My Darling Porcupine) are bright, colorful, and entertai...more
"Owls did not give a hoot.
Pandas quit being cute."
And just when it seemed that things can't get worse, a little hippo and a little kangaroo start hopping, which encourags the other animals to dance, and the idea of a ZooZical is born! The pictures of the animals singing and dancing (The giraffes sing It's a Tall World After All while the porcupines sing Oh My Darling Porcupine) are bright, colorful, and entertai...more
This sequel to Wild About Books continues with the same vivacious spirit of the first. It is winter and the visitors to the zoo start to stay home. All of the animals had the winter blues too. But just when the blues seemed to be inescapable, a very small hippo and young kangaroo started to hop. Soon everyone was dancing along with them and then everyone started to sing. The dancing and singing turned into their own stage show complete with sets and costumes. Once again, the zoo was the place to...more
This rhyming text describes how the winter doldrums are chased away by two clever zoo animals, the hippo and the kangaroo, who decide to put on a ZooZical. Their enthusiasm is contagious, and the other animals join them in planning the show. Some of the rhymes are a bit awkward, but with practice, they'll slip off the tongue with ease. Readers will enjoy finding the animal versions of song classics--"Oh my darling/Oh my darling/Oh my darling porcupine." The gouache illustrations of the animals'...more
Caldecott Winner
ZooZical by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Marc Brown is the book that I think should win the Caldecott Award for 2012. This book's illustrations were fantastic! Each picture was very colorful and used bright eye popping colors. The illustrator also used different pencil lines ( horizontal, vetical, and diagonol)that really gave the characters in the book texture. He also did a good job adding expressions to the animal faces, as if you could tell how they were feeling and what wa...more
ZooZical by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Marc Brown is the book that I think should win the Caldecott Award for 2012. This book's illustrations were fantastic! Each picture was very colorful and used bright eye popping colors. The illustrator also used different pencil lines ( horizontal, vetical, and diagonol)that really gave the characters in the book texture. He also did a good job adding expressions to the animal faces, as if you could tell how they were feeling and what wa...more
Genre: Modern fantasy
Age: 4-8
Summary: The animals in the zoo are experiencing the winter blues. There is snow everywhere, and the animals are becoming sad. They decide to put on a musical that they call Zoozical. The people from the town hear about it, and on performance night the theatre is packed! The Zoozical cheers all of the animals up, and the townspeople love it.
Reflection: I love Marc Brown's illustrations. My boys and I watch Arthur on PBS quite a bit. I loved the illustrations and the...more
Age: 4-8
Summary: The animals in the zoo are experiencing the winter blues. There is snow everywhere, and the animals are becoming sad. They decide to put on a musical that they call Zoozical. The people from the town hear about it, and on performance night the theatre is packed! The Zoozical cheers all of the animals up, and the townspeople love it.
Reflection: I love Marc Brown's illustrations. My boys and I watch Arthur on PBS quite a bit. I loved the illustrations and the...more
It’s winter and it’s cold and the weather is miserable. Everyone is down in the doldrums. A group of animals at the zoo decide to put on a musical, adding new lyrics and dance numbers to old songs, to cheer everyone up. The musical, a “zoozical”, is a big hit.
‘Then onto the stage rolls ten seals on a bus,
Barking, “Let’s sing a tune that is all about us!”
The seals on the bus go round and round….’
‘Then onto the stage rolls ten seals on a bus,
Barking, “Let’s sing a tune that is all about us!”
The seals on the bus go round and round….’
Nov 13, 2011
Dolly
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
This is a delightful rhyming tale about a bunch of animals at the zoo putting on a show during the winter doldrums. The illutrations are very colorful and entertaining and the narrative and snippets of songs are fun to read aloud. We really enjoyed reading this story together.
After reading other reviews here on Goodreads, I see that this book is a sequel to Wild About Books, with both books featuring the zoo animals. We've read both books and they are very humorous and great to read aloud.
After reading other reviews here on Goodreads, I see that this book is a sequel to Wild About Books, with both books featuring the zoo animals. We've read both books and they are very humorous and great to read aloud.
The zoo is lonely for the winter months; there are no field trips anymore. The animals are plain bored. What can they possibly do? Well, they can put on a musical, and then people will want to come back, even if there is still snow on the ground! Featuring fun illustrations by Marc Brown and some twists on familiar kids songs, children will delight in the animals performances.
This is a cute rhyming book about animals at the zoo. It is the middle of winter and the animals are bored. The baby hippo and kangaroo start to sing and dance. Soon the other animals join in and they decide to put on a zoo musical--a zoozical. They all practice different songs and dances for the performance. The animals perform the zoozical for an audience and it is a success.
EXAMPLE REVIEW
Audience: This is a great book for pre-k through sixth grade because it is a great writing extension activity prompt. I would recommend this book to music or art teachers.
Appeal: This book provides writing extension activities for students in class. it is also a good example of journal writing entries.
Award list: 2012-2013 Golden Sower Nominee
Audience: This is a great book for pre-k through sixth grade because it is a great writing extension activity prompt. I would recommend this book to music or art teachers.
Appeal: This book provides writing extension activities for students in class. it is also a good example of journal writing entries.
Award list: 2012-2013 Golden Sower Nominee
Cute, bright, rhymes, and ties in a lot of singalongs. Like its predecessor Wild About Books, this is a fun large-format readaloud for a classroom visit.
"The illustrations in this book were created using gouache on gessoed wood." -- interesting texture
"The illustrations in this book were created using gouache on gessoed wood." -- interesting texture
Aug 10, 2012
Carolyn
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
children-for-and-or-about
Wonderful Marc Brown illustrations of zoo animals and rollicking Judy Sierra rhyming lines tell the story of the small hippo and the baby kangaroo who cure the zoo's winter blues by enticing the animals to put on a musical circus show, which they present tho cheer up the town. Lots of opportunities for participation by young listeners.
Oct 18, 2011
Callie Risse
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
trade-books
In the middle of winter, nobody wants to visit the zoo, and that has made all of the animals unhappy. One day, some young animals decide to hold a musical (or ZooZical) to get people to visit the zoo again. After a lot of practice and creating props and sets, their plan works! The people from town enjoy watching the ZooZical.
What a fun picture book! The same animals that appeared in Wild About Books are feeling down during the cold winter months at the zoo. In an effort to pack the place with people the animals stage a musical. The rhyming is fun, the illustrations are terrific and my boys love the play on words using well known songs.
I'm a huge fan of Judy Sierra. While this book isn't one of my favorites and tries a bit too hard, there's still plenty of charm and humor to be found. Plus, I dare you to read this book and not have some of the (newly coined) songs stuck in your head! Would make for a fun storytime sing-a-long. :)
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Audience: (kids in class, colleagues/types of students, who would i recommend the book to) 2-3 sentences and why?
Appeal: Use for the book, what does the book provide? What kind of examples does the book provide?
Award List: 2012-2013 Golden Sower Nominee (example)
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Audience: (kids in class, colleagues/types of students, who would i recommend the book to) 2-3 sentences and why?
Appeal: Use for the book, what does the book provide? What kind of examples does the book provide?
Award List: 2012-2013 Golden Sower Nominee (example)
*For date: Due Date
Audience: Great book for grades pre-k through 6th grade because its a great writing tool and activity.
Appeal: This book provides writing extension activities for students in class. It is a good example of journal writing entries and activities.
Award list: 2012- 2013 Golden Sower Nominee
Appeal: This book provides writing extension activities for students in class. It is a good example of journal writing entries and activities.
Award list: 2012- 2013 Golden Sower Nominee
This book made me smile with it's delightful rhyme. It takes work to rhyme "awoke, he" with "karaoke" and make sense--but this book pulls it off seamlessly, along with lots of other fun vocabulary. There are also a lot of musical tie-ins that young students will be familiar with. Loved it!
Mar 16, 2012
Jessica
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
hazy-shade-of-winter,
childrens
I'm not selfish. Sometimes I get books from the library for my son too. He loved this rhyming tale of zoo animals putting on a musical spectacular to beat the winter doldrums. He also liked that it made me break out in song at several points while reading it. "seals on the bus", anyone?
Dec 01, 2011
Westerville
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
kids,
picture_book
Cute, bright, rhymes, and ties in a lot of singalongs. Like its predecessor Wild About Books, this is a fun large-format readaloud for a classroom visit. - Becky, Teen Librarian
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audience:this is a great books for pre-k to 6th grade because it is a great writing activity.
Appeal:provides writing extension activities for students in class. It also is a good example of journal writing activities.
award list: 2012-2013 golden sower nominee
Appeal:provides writing extension activities for students in class. It also is a good example of journal writing activities.
award list: 2012-2013 golden sower nominee
Audience: This would be a great book for Pre-K-6 grade students and teachers.
Appeal: This book provides writing extensions activities for students in class. It also is a good example of journal writing activities.
Award List: 2012-2013 Golden Sower Nominee
Appeal: This book provides writing extensions activities for students in class. It also is a good example of journal writing activities.
Award List: 2012-2013 Golden Sower Nominee
About putting on a stage performance and using creativity and being productive during lazy days instead of letting boredom set in. Performing can be as easy as singing a song and as long as children use their imaginations they never have an excuse to be bored.
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