Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo [Library Binding]

Shirley Neitzel (Author), Nancy Winslow Parker (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

A monkey wearing a coat?
A button in the lion's den?
A hat near Billy Goat Mountain?
What is happening on this class trip to the zoo?

Read all about it! (And yes, you can read most of it, even if you don't know you canread!) Come and join the class on their trip. They had fun. So will you!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Shirley Neitzel and Nancy Winslow Parker collaborate on their eighth endeavor, Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo. Parker's illustrations stand in for each missing item in the cumulative text, about a boy who loses his hat and even his pants during his zoo visit.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-One mishap after another befalls a young boy as he visits the zoo. He leaves his coat with the chimpanzee, he drops his lunch when a bear startles him, and so it goes. ("A button popped off by the lions' den, I tore my pants on the ostriches' pen when our class took a trip to the zoo.") Each item is shown against a white background and is then cumulated as a rebus. When his sympathetic teacher asks what happened, the child recounts his experiences and the illustrations show the animals and the objects. In the end, the zookeepers give him some of their clothing to wear home. Parker's charming watercolor, pencil, and ink illustrations are cheery and full of fun. Children will enjoy the format and chiming in on the repetitive verses. Pair this with Peggy Rathmann's Good Night, Gorilla (Putnam, 1994) for a jolly storyhour.
Bina Williams, Bridgeport Public Library, CT
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 1 edition (March 26, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688155448
• ISBN-13: 978-0688155445
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,577,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, August 29, 2011

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This review is from: Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo (Hardcover)

An absolute joy to own books by this author! I originally purchased "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow," which my students loved. This prompted me to search online for additional books by the author, and subsequently, purchasing this one. These books are treasures!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply wonderful!!, March 2, 2003

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This review is from: Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo (Library Binding)

My daughters (ages 5 & 6) absolutely love this book! We have so much fun reading it together, or by themselves! The story is told in a repeating pattern, and many of which the children have probably memorized by now... but they cannot seem to get enough of this one!

The illustrations are very good, and the book gets progressively better with each turning page. Since some of the words are replaced by a picture (jacket, pants, button, etc.), children that don't read well, will be able to interact easily with this book!