Roar! (Carolrhoda Picture Books) [Hardcover]

Margaret Mayo (Author), Alex Ayliffe (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Series: Carolrhoda Picture Books

Bold lions love roar, roar, roaring, while cubs play racing and chasing ...Young children will love meeting all the wild and wonderful animals in this fun-packed picture-book safari, with galloping zebras, prowling tigers, water-squirting elephants, jumping kangaroos and more!

Editorial Reviews

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Another exclamatory collaboration from the author and illustrator of Choo Choo Clickety-Clack! (2005), this picture book celebrates wild animals amid some wildly hued settings (hot-pink skies and royal purple mountains are just the beginning) that manage to complement the text rather than distract from it. Ayliffe’s cut-paper collages pop off the page in a friendly way. Animal families abound, tigers smile, and lions don’t really seem fierce. Likewise, Mayo’s words describe animal activities that children can relate to: climbing, crouching, hiding, munching. Each spread features a wonderfully concise four-line poem ending with a kid-appealing exhortation: “Tall giraffes love stretch, stretch, stretching / long necks going up. . . up . . . reaching, / black tongues flicking, lips leaf picking / So stretch, tall giraffes, stretch!” Concluding with a final spread picturing many sleeping animals and a few still wide awake, this book cheers on movement and activity—even at night! Grades K-2. --Abby Nolan

Review

Eleven species of wild animals frolic in their habitats. Two-page spreads in vividly bright colors depict animal groups engaging in their favorite activities. While the biggest lion roars, the cubs are "racing, chasing, scrambling." Zebras gallop in a herd against a setting sun, monkeys swing through the trees and pandas munch on bamboo leaves. There are also elephants, tigers, giraffes, hippos, leopards, kangaroos and bears. A final spread shows all the included animals in a single landscape. Mayo's text is simple but catchy in its repeated gerunds. Ayliffe's cut-paper illustrations nearly jump off the page - their simplicity might encourage young listeners to make their own pictures with cut outs - and each spread is an appealing riot of color. Should attract the very young, who might get the mistaken idea that kangaroos, panda bears and lions all live near each other. (Picture book. 2-5) (Kirkus Reviews) --Kirkus Reviews

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761394737
• ISBN-13: 978-0761394730
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,012,030 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This charming book will be a surefire hit with the little ones! ROAR! WAAAAHH! DUMM-DD-DUM!, August 9, 2009

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This review is from: Roar! (Carolrhoda Picture Books) (Hardcover)

What does a cow say? It says moooooo! We all know what farm animals say, but what about those more exotic animals? Lions, elephants, zebras, tigers, giraffes, monkeys, hippos, leopards, pandas, kangaroos and grizzly bears all have their special ways of talking or doing things. Waaaahh! Dumm-dd-dum! Stretch, stretch, stretch! Munch, munch, munch! In the trees, on the ground or in the jungle all exotic animals "talk" to us in their own way.

"Giant panda love munch, munch, munching,
bamboo seeking . . . bamboo finding,
leaves chew, chewing, tough stalks grinding.
So munch, giant pandas, munch!"

This is a very vibrant, colorful and informative book. The bright, bold animals just seem to leap off the page at the reader. Very young children will enjoy turning the pages simply looking and the mothers and their babies playing and going along their daily activities. The text is very rhythmical and appealing. If you have an expressive voice, this will be one book that you'll be asked to read time and time again. ROAR!