If I Ran the Zoo

by Dr. Seuss

Book Overview

For use in schools and libraries only. If Gerald McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the animals go and fill it with more unusual beasts--a ten-footed lion, an Elephant-Cat, a Mulligatawny, a Tufted Mazurka, and others.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394845455
• ISBN13: 9780394845456
• Release Date: August 1980
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

If I Ran The Zoo

After reading the previous reviews, I was honestly really worried that I was not going to get the correct item. I must say that I am SOOO happy that I trusted my gut and ordered this! Not only was it the correct book, but it was in way better condition than I had expected!

Wrong item

I ordered this exact book but received if I ran a circus !

Dr Seuss are my favorite books.

I did not receive the right book. I ordered If I ran a zoo and they sent me a different book if I ran a circus.

I want this book

Please don't take these books down. Other places are taking them away and I want to buy this book when it comes in stock.

The one and only.

What's better for "youse" than Dr. Seuss???

One of the best..

In "review" of the current online reviews - y'all just don't get it. Dr. Suess' books are about using ones imagination, not just the environment (which y'all seem to take literally), but how we treat, and take life (ALL life) in general on a day to day basis. Relate the "animals" in "If I Ran the Zoo" or "If I Ran the Circus" to someone you know (or read about). Learn from them. Enjoy.

ABSOLUTE FAVORITE FROM THE DR. !

AS A PARENT AND TEACHER I HAVE ENJOYED THIS SEUSS BOOK MORE THAN ANY OTHER. COUNTLESS TIMES IT WAS READ TO MY OWN CHILDREN AND NOW MY SON IS USING IT IN HIS CLASSROOM AS CLASSIC SEUSS.A MUST BUY FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE!

A zoo filled with fanciful animals of the imagination.

I first read this children's book when I was much, much younger. And, I still enjoy it. It is about a boy who, if he ran the zoo, would replace all the animals with very unusual species, all of them quite fanciful and imaginative. This book is another illustration of how much the author loved children's imagination and how important it is to develop that imagination. The book was a 1951 Caldecott Honor book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for best illustration in a children's book.

Great book for children, with more Dr. Seussian creatures

Young children will love this foray into a child's imagination as he imagines the wonderful creatures that he would bring into the zoo if he could only be allowed to run it. Anyone familiar with Dr. Seuss will not be surprised at the fantastical creatures which populate the imaginary zoo and delight young readers. Some children may be confused, however, when at the end of the book the child reverts to reality and his spectator role, sadly watching a pedestrian zoo run by a plump, adult zookeeper.