Customer Reviews

The Zoom Trilogy: Zoom at Sea * Zoom Away * Zoom Upstream

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This lovely book contains three stories about Zoom the cat and his adventures in the house of Maria as he searches for his seafaring Uncle Roy. Maria's house is a wondrous place. The ocean is inside, as are the Arctic and a passage to Egypt. These are the kind of stories that fire kids' imaginations, and the drawings are spectacular -- reminiscent of Gustav Dore's wonderful line drawings. As with all Common Reader books, this is a fine volume -- good quality, nice paper, etc.

Highly recommended.

This edition combines three Zoom fantasy stories under one cover: Zoom Away, Zoom At Sea, Zoom Upstream. The seagoing cat enjoys black and white drawings by Eric Beddows and a story line which requires some reading skills or parental assistance, but which provides a whimsical tale of a cat in search of a mysterious vagabond uncle, inviting all to enjoy.

I bought this book for my office waiting room (I'm a family doc) since my daughter had loved it it as young child. As she retrieved the book just now for me to check out for this review, she commented, "This is my number one favorite book." That's the way I remember it as well. She's 15 now and is a reader.

Zoom is a cat. And an adventurer.

This is a trilogy in large type, with larger than "cat life" etchings and wonderful sit down reading time for dads (and others) with kids. (Read - this is great, easy and incredibly well loved by kids). Not only that, you're likely to love it as well. Pirates, Egypt, Antarctica, Travels and adventure are the staples here.

My spouse pops in to say the Zoom is the best children's book in the Universe. She's better traveled than I. But you get the point.