I Went to the Zoo

by Rita Golden Gelman and Maryann Kovalski

Book Overview

Thinking that the zoo animals look as bored as bored could be, a boy takes them all home with him. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590458825
• ISBN13: 9780590458825
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Cute story in rhyme

This rhyming story builds on itself until the humorous conclusion. It begins with, "The other day I went to the zoo. I don't know why I went to the zoo. It was a silly thing to do. The pandas were sitting. The camels were spitting. They were as bored as bored could be. "Come home," I said, "Come home with me."" By the end of the book, twenty different kinds of animals are doing twenty different kinds of actions. The boy does bring them all home.... and finds out WHY animals are kept in the zoo! The illustrations are cute and detailed. Without being a pure "I Spy" type, there's plenty to look for in each picture, that you miss on the first glance through. (Hint: look at the other people in the picture, then look for them on the next page, the next, etc.) This book has a little something for everyone.... it's the kind of book I can stand to read (or listen to my child read) over and over and over and over and over and over.......