A Children's Zoo [Paperback]

Tana Hoban (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1987

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.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Hoban offers preschoolers an outstanding pictorial introduction to the zoo. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 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.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co (P) (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688070442
• ISBN-13: 978-0688070441
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,001,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book For Very Young Children, May 23, 2005

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Pam Tee "Busy Mom" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Children's Zoo (Hardcover)

I came to this page (Amazon reviews for the book A Children's Zoo) after puzzling over why this book was on my entering kindergartners summer reading list. It is a nicely photographed book but not one I would think appropriate for anyone over 3 years of age. Certainly my boy and girl, newly 3 and 5 respectively, were uninteresting in it.

Perhaps this is because they are already familiar with these animals (kodiak bear, penguin, hippo, zebra, polar bear, sea lion, lion, parrot, elephant, panda, and giraffe) and found nothing new about the presentation. [Hippo in water. Sea Lion in water. Polar Bears on fake mountain.]

In any case, I would not suggest you buy this for anyone 4 and above: 2.5 Stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and great, October 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: A Children's Zoo (Hardcover)

This book in so nice for the 3 to 4 year old range. The pictures catch their eye but at the same time they are learning about language. My 3 year old autistic son enjoys and learns from this book. What more can you ask?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewing A Children's Zoo, March 31, 2001

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Caren Doleys (Columbia, Missouri United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Children's Zoo (Hardcover)

A Children's Zoo is an excellent book for any preschool classroom. Tana Hoban provides fantastic large photographs of individual zoo animals on each double page. Next to each picture she uses large print to list adjectives describing each animal. The large print supports early literacy skills as well as providing cues to focus readers when looking at the animal photographs. This is one of my favorites!