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Children's Zoo

by Tana Hoban
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Overview

Come to the zoo with Tana Hoban! Look at the animals. What are they? What are they like? The youngest visitor to this zoo can identify the creatures and describe them β€” starting with Tana Hoban's words and adding to them. And, for those who want it, there is a glossary that includes where each animal lives and what it eats.

Tana Hoban's stunning photographs will captivate young naturalists everywhere.

Color photographs of animals are accompanied by several descriptive words, e.g. tall, spotted, silent giraffe.

Synopsis

Come to the zoo with Tana Hoban! Look at the animals. What are they? What are they like? The youngest visitor to this zoo can identify the creatures and describe them — starting with Tana Hoban's words and adding to them. And, for those who want it, there is a glossary that includes where each animal lives and what it eats.

Tana Hoban's stunning photographs will captivate young naturalists everywhere.

Publishers Weekly

Hoban offers preschoolers an outstanding pictorial introduction to the zoo. Ages 3-6. (April)

About the Author, Tana Hoban

Tana Hoban's photographs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in galleries around the world. She has won many gold medals and prizes for her work as a photographer and filmmaker. Her books for children are known and loved throughout the world.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Hoban offers preschoolers an outstanding pictorial introduction to the zoo. Ages 3-6. (April)

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1 A pleasing, small portfolio of familiar zoo animals. The omission of a gorilla or chimpanzee is puzzling, but never mind. Each animal is given splendid, full-color attention on its own black-framed page. Facing is its name in large, white print along with a three-word tag. ``Big /white /growls'' describes the polar bear, just as most young children would. These tags make nice riddles or beginnings for a child's additional description. On the final page, a chart notes natural geographical location as well as what they eat. For the most part, the photographs are standard zoo fare, but a few are truly different and amusing. The pleasures of naming and describing are discovered and practiced early on in childhood, and Hoban's new photographic book adds to these delights like few others. Anna Biagioni Hart, Sherwood Regional Library, Alexandria, Va.

Book Details

Published
October 1, 1985
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
24
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780688052027

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