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Sample Pages
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"Come to the zoo, but no ordinary zoo. Enjoy a rhyming story where, through
teamwork, the animals will save their zoo from closing. The rhymes are fun, and some
are quirky, too. The animals work together to create wonderful, colorful, and amazing
patterns on their fur and skin. When they finish with their amazing paint jobs, they
gather together to say their new names such as paisley-pot-a-miss and busy buss-a-phant.
The zoo is saved, and they declare every day Zoolidays. The expressive faces of the
people are vividly seen upon the animals as they discuss their problem and work on the
solution. As the story progresses the colors become vibrant and alive with patterns.
Most of the rhyming words are held within its own box with plenty of white space
surrounding them, nicely off-set from the drawings. Teamwork, laughter, and creativity
abound within this zoo. Could these zoo animals be good role models for teamwork
within the classroom, too? Recommended."
-Library Media Connection, April 2007
K-Gr 3- When attendance at the zoo is dwindling and visitors are bored, the director
decides to close the facility. The animals are worried until the peacocks come up with a
solution: jazz up their appearance. "Forget what you used to be, forget what you were,
instead, let's paint patterns on our skins and our fur." Chameleon uses his tongue to
paint blue swirls on Orangutan. Mother Moose is no longer boring brown, but is
covered with a blue geometric pattern. Hippo becomes "paisley-pot-a-miss." The "Art-
imals" generate new enthusiasm among the visitors, who never yawn again. The bouncy
verse is usually fast paced…. as it describes the children's sudden disinterest and the
animals' subsequent change. The clean, delicate paintings expand the textual descriptions.
Readers will appreciate the transformed creatures, finding new details with each reading.
On some pages the text is printed on the background, while on others it appears in
boxes to the side of the pictures….Certain parts sparkle with creativity….-Carolyn
Janssen, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
-School Library Journal, Reviewed 2007-01-01
Author/Illustrator Links: www.rolandasart.com
amazon.com reviews and more sample interior pages!
Google book preview!
"Come to the zoo, but no ordinary zoo. Enjoy a rhyming story where, through
teamwork, the animals will save their zoo from closing. The rhymes are fun, and some
are quirky, too. The animals work together to create wonderful, colorful, and amazing
patterns on their fur and skin. When they finish with their amazing paint jobs, they
gather together to say their new names such as paisley-pot-a-miss and busy buss-a-phant.
The zoo is saved, and they declare every day Zoolidays. The expressive faces of the
people are vividly seen upon the animals as they discuss their problem and work on the
solution. As the story progresses the colors become vibrant and alive with patterns.
Most of the rhyming words are held within its own box with plenty of white space
surrounding them, nicely off-set from the drawings. Teamwork, laughter, and creativity
abound within this zoo. Could these zoo animals be good role models for teamwork
within the classroom, too? Recommended."
-Library Media Connection, April 2007
K-Gr 3- When attendance at the zoo is dwindling and visitors are bored, the director
decides to close the facility. The animals are worried until the peacocks come up with a
solution: jazz up their appearance. "Forget what you used to be, forget what you were,
instead, let's paint patterns on our skins and our fur." Chameleon uses his tongue to
paint blue swirls on Orangutan. Mother Moose is no longer boring brown, but is
covered with a blue geometric pattern. Hippo becomes "paisley-pot-a-miss." The "Art-
imals" generate new enthusiasm among the visitors, who never yawn again. The bouncy
verse is usually fast paced…. as it describes the children's sudden disinterest and the
animals' subsequent change. The clean, delicate paintings expand the textual descriptions.
Readers will appreciate the transformed creatures, finding new details with each reading.
On some pages the text is printed on the background, while on others it appears in
boxes to the side of the pictures….Certain parts sparkle with creativity….-Carolyn
Janssen, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
-School Library Journal, Reviewed 2007-01-01
Author/Illustrator Links: www.rolandasart.com