Inside a Zoo in the City (A Rebus Read-Along Story) [Paperback]

Alyssa Satin Capucilli (Author), Tedd Arnold (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

A squawking parrot wakes a stalking tiger and disturbs the sleep of a lion that roars...and a symphony of chattering and barking ensues, as all the animals race from the dormitory where they live to the zoo in time to greet the visitors. Following the style of The House That Jack Built, this third title in a series that includes Inside a Barn in the Country and Inside a House That Is Haunted uses picture words to encourage young children to "read" along with the text. Alyssa Satin Capucilli¹s delightful story and Tedd Arnold¹s hilarious illustrations will make this book a favorite among beginning readers.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Ages 2-5. The rhyming, cumulative text begins, "Here is the [parrot] that stretched/ and squawked / that woke the [tiger] that growled and stalked." The book substitutes a jovial little picture of an animal for each bracketed word, making this a rebus and offering playful practice for children who can't quite read yet. Here's the unspoken premise that emerges in the illustrations: the zoo animals sleep each night in their apartments in the city. It's five in the morning when they begin to wake up one another. One by one, they climb aboard a city bus and ride to their day jobs. They disembark and trundle off to their areas, where they look as sleepy as zoo critters often do. Now we know why! Arnold's playful line-and-wash drawings, textured with his signature squiggles, will amuse children on every page. Even parents will smile at the bus-riding chicken absorbed in reading the Stock Market News. Good fun. Carolyn Phelan
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.; 1st edition (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590997157
• ISBN-13: 978-0590997157
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,336,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alyssa Satin Capucilli is the author of the popular books about the little yellow puppy named Biscuit. She lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My kids love it!!!, May 9, 2007

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This review is from: Inside a Zoo in the City (A Rebus Read-Along Story) (Paperback)

Wonderful book which allows the kids to interact and help with the reading. My kids (2 and 3) have some of it memorized. Great pictures which gets them asking about things in the story. Awesome!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, September 17, 2009

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This review is from: Inside a Zoo in the City, (A Rebus Read-Along Story) (Paperback)

My three and four year old daughters are absolutely in love with this book. They memorized it from cover to cover after I read it to them just a couple of times. They constantly request it for their bedtime story. I would highly recommend this book for preschoolers and elementary grade students. We also bought the other two books by the same author ("Inside a House That is Haunted" and "Inside a Barn in the Country"), and my kids love them with the same passion!