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What's New at the Zoo?
by
Betty Comden,
Adolph Green, Phyllis Newman , Travis Foster (Goodreads Author)
The hilarious happenings, grumblings and rumblings, at an overcrowded zoo are comically chronicled by Broadway/Hollywood legends Adolph Green and Betty Comden and acclaimed illlustrator Travis Foster.
Hardcover, 36 pages
Published
September 13th 2011
by Blue Apple Books
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Well I barely feel like I can review this book since the review copy I received from Edelweiss was missing pages and the pages it did have were improperly numbered which meant they didn't line up properly on my desktop reader. I contacted the publisher about it, but never heard back. I must say, I was surprised I didn't hear back since my experience with publishers since I started book blogging has been overwhelmingly positive. I don't think I've ever had...more
Well I barely feel like I can review this book since the review copy I received from Edelweiss was missing pages and the pages it did have were improperly numbered which meant they didn't line up properly on my desktop reader. I contacted the publisher about it, but never heard back. I must say, I was surprised I didn't hear back since my experience with publishers since I started book blogging has been overwhelmingly positive. I don't think I've ever had...more
What’s New at the Zoo? by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
*A review copy of this book was viewed from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
This was such a fun book about the animals of the zoo. They are all cramped up and stepping on each other’s pouches, spines, and snouts. It is full of colorful words rhyming words that almost flow like a song. It would make sense because according to the introduction it was a song from the Broadway play Do Re Mi in 1960.
It is full of bright colorful pictur...more
*A review copy of this book was viewed from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
This was such a fun book about the animals of the zoo. They are all cramped up and stepping on each other’s pouches, spines, and snouts. It is full of colorful words rhyming words that almost flow like a song. It would make sense because according to the introduction it was a song from the Broadway play Do Re Mi in 1960.
It is full of bright colorful pictur...more
Using the lyrics from a song in the 1960s Broadway musical "DO RE MI," What's New At the Zoo takes a look at an overcrowded zoo. The illustrations show the funny results of what happens when there isn't quite enough space for all of the animals - a bear steps on a kangaroo's pouch, a moose steps on a pelican's beak, a pig steps on a porcupine. Mr. Foster's illustrations are a lot of fun, the expressions he gives the animals convey exactly what they are feeling. This book would be great for a zoo...more
Fascinating backstory! The text of this book is actually lyrics from a 1960 Broadway musical called Do Re Mi, and it was inspired by the overcrowding of the Central Park Zoo—back before zoo designs were reformed to recreate the animals' habitats and give them more space. The illustrations are so bright and fun, too.
Expressive and fun. Complicated illustrations that lend themselves to younger kids finding different animals. No real story, which was disconcerting. The animals spend the whole story talking about how the zoo is too crowded, but nothing is really done throughout the story or at the end. Good for Prek--1st grade.
A cute book full of a wide variety of talking animals. The text comes from a musical, "Do Re Mi" originally on Broadway in 1960. While the text is funny, it would help to have the audible song handy to get the rhythm. Some youtube videos are available.
Frenetic, busy cartoon animals step on each other at the zoo. The words in the book are the lyrics from a song in the Broadway hit musical: "Do Re Mi." Very, very cute.
This funny book about an overcrowded zoo contains words that are lyrics from the Broadway Show, Do Re Mi. The zoo is so crowded that the animals are stepping on one another. The kangaroo’s pouch is stepped on by a bear. The moose’s snout is stepped on by a goose. All of the animals demand to be let out of the zoo. So when the zookeeper arrives at the door, he is stampeded by all of the animals in their rush to escape. The book combines humor and rhythm into one very appealing read.
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Really great drawings. Some of the rhyme was forced. I appreciate that it references a real historical change in how zoos are organized and operated.
The only thing missing is the music to accompany it! A great read for storytime with fun(ny) illustrations. Picture book ages 3-7.
Fun to read! I really enjoyed reading this aloud to my 5 year old girls. An even younger audience would enjoy this.
Great opportunities to have the kids chant along with the repetitive "lwt us out! Let us out! Let us out! Let us out!"
There's no real plot in this book and the illustrations are very hectic. Good one-on-one, maybe.
cataloged J782.42
Don't know why????
Would be cute for a zoo storytime.
Cute rhymes.
Don't know why????
Would be cute for a zoo storytime.
Cute rhymes.
Great rhyming text. Tried it for storytime--the kids didn't really get it.
Loved the colorful illustrations but the story itself was just okay.
Read this if you love zoos.
A funny story about an overcrowded zoo, based on the lyrics of a hit Broadway musical ("Do Re Mi"). My not-quite-three-year-old daughter finds it hilarious.
Apr 28, 2013
Igraine
marked it as auf-gar-keinen-fall
Jan 29, 2013
Angelo
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Sep 13, 2012
Razeena Marzuq
marked it as to-read
Sep 10, 2012
Greta
marked it as to-read
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