Miffy at the Zoo [Hardcover]

Dick Bruna (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Miffy

Kodansha International is thrilled to introduce an adorable Miffy plush toy in combination with her most popular storybook, Miffy. Miffy is a loveable bunny that has delighted children worldwide for forty-five years. Dick Bruna's books have enchanted millions of young readers of forty languages. Now for the first time in the United States, the introductory Miffy story is being paired with a plush toy that is sure to charm the scores of existing devotees and to win the hearts of new readers.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Dutch (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 28 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha America (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568361750
• ISBN-13: 978-1568361758
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,662,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Miffy at the Zoo, March 19, 2000

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S. Osmaston "Suoz" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miffy at the Zoo (Hardcover)

I have the original version of Miffy at the Zoo, published in 1965, and printed in Holland. I have recently bought the updated version,owing to wear and tear on the first copy. I am quite disappointed that the text has been changed, as my 15 month old grand-daughter was becoming so familiar with the original. I can't quite understand why parrots can't say "Pretty Polly" now and have to say "Pretty bird" instead! And why does Miffy have to have a 'father' and not a Daddy? The repeated use of the word 'funny' on the zebra page implies a certain lack of imagination on the part of the translator. Am I just being over-fussy to want to read the original text I wonder? I don't dislike the rhyming text, but the original was simpler and very direct for young children.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful example of a little book for little hands., April 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Miffy at the Zoo (Hardcover)

Dick Bruna was one of the first author-illustrators to celebrate a very young child's need for simple, clear illustrations. The pictures in Miffy at the Zoo are both eyecatching and satisfyingly representational: the elephant, for instance, looks as grey and solid as an elephant should. The single colour backgrounds offer wonderful juxtaposition for Bruna's strongly outlined Miffy (a girl bunny), her father, and the colourful zoo animals she meets. The rhyming text gives the parent something rhythmic and appropriate to say with every page, and still allows for embellishments in time-honoured tradition: "Where's the elephant's trunk?"; "How many parrots do you see?" Moreover,its paper pages and square, small shape, make this a sturdy choice as you teach your baby to develop his own page-turning skills! Dick Bruna's books were readily available in the 70s, but have been hard to find in more recent years. How heartening then to find the Miffy series back in print and still possessing a fresh, timeless appeal. True early classics.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I loved it, now my son does too!, May 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Miffy at the Zoo (Hardcover)

My son loves the pictures and colours in these books. I remember loving the colours too when I was a child reading them in England. When I read them to him, I actually get "warm fuzzies" from the nice memories they bring back.