Zoo Zoom!

by Candace Ryan, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator)

Overview

3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . blastoff!

When the animals at the zoo spot a rocket ship, next stop . . . the moon!

Zoo zoom!

Each animal has a job to do, but a sleepy rhino could cause trouble.

Zoo boom!

They'll need to act quick . . . will they make it home?

Zoo soon!

With clever wordplay and vibrant illustrations, this intergalactic audio eBook is sure to fire the imagination.

Zoo vroom!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619638150
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/10/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	18 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Candace Ryan is the author of Moo Hoo, Ribbit Rabbit and Animal House. She spent nine years as a special education teacher and now lives in Southern California with her husband and young son.
www.bookbookerbookest.blogspot.com
Macky Pamintuan's illustrations have been featured on the cover of the Flat Stanley series by Jeff Brown and the new Nancy Drew series. He is also the illustrator of several picture books. He lives in Davo, Phillipines.
Candace Ryan is the author of Moo Hoo, Ribbit Rabbit and Animal House. She spent nine years as a special education teacher and now lives in Southern California with her husband and young son.
www.bookbookerbookest.blogspot.com

Editorial Reviews

09/07/2015
There’s a rocket ship parked outside the zoo, Monkey has the key, and all of his zoo-mates are game for an extraterrestrial joyride. Some of them—Buffalo, Flamingo, Crocodile—take to the controls like Han Solo. But there are loose cannons on board, too: Pronghorn brings a French horn, and Rhino falls asleep against a lever, threatening to send the ship hurtling far further into space than anyone intends. Pamintuan’s (the Alien in My Pocket series) digital illustrations have the energy and strong characterizations of classic animation, while Ryan’s (Ewe and Aye) text is a kind of smorgasbord: simple sentences (“Flamingo calls, ‘Go!’ Kiwi cries, ‘Whee!’ ”) are followed by rhetorical questions with internal rhymes (“Which seat can’t be beat?”) and a refrain built around the word “zoo” (“Zoo Vroom! Zoo Vroom!”). It doesn’t do much to move the story forward, but the method behind the madness becomes clear in the final pages, where the text takes on a canyon echo effect as the animals return home: “Crocodile dial./ Pronghorn horn./ Buffalo low./ Cockatoo, too.” Ages 3–6. Illustrator’s agent: Mela Bolinao, MB Artists. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"A zany aerospace adventure . . . While younger preschoolers will be captivated with the combination of rhyming wordplay and hilarious illustrations, older readers may be more inquisitive and find all the matching rhymes. Designed to be interactive, Zoo Zoom! is a great addition for home and library collections, particularly as a read-aloud selection." - Booklist

"Pamintuan’s illustrations feature colorful cartoons reminiscent of the Disney cartoons from the 1990s. The style perfectly complements the tone of the book and adds an extra layer of humor that will appeal to children . . . A funny picture book addition." - School Library Journal

"An agreeable book to entice space enthusiasts as well as animal lovers." - Kirkus Reviews

"The rhythmic, onomatopoeic text is a pretty music, the kind of song you'd sing in the dark to lift your spirits. Equally joyful and engaging-and that's a tall order-is Lowery's artwork . . . A mingling of the ridiculous with the sublime for a spellbinding effect." - starred review, Kirkus Reviews on RIBBIT RABBIT

"It comes as a delight how much fun can be wrung from the words 'moo' and 'hoo' . . . A winning display of finding the high ground and paved with particularly sweet verbal compression." - Kirkus Reviews on MOO HOO

"Ryan has so much fun coming up with increasingly ridiculous wildlife . . . this book will stand up to multiple rereadings." - Kirkus Reviews on ANIMAL HOUSE

From the Publisher

02/01/2016
PreS-Gr 1—A clever story of a bunch of zoo animals on an adventure to the moon. The animals take over a rocket ship and blast off. The simple, rhyming text makes this appealing as both a read-aloud and an option for emerging readers. Pamintuan's illustrations feature colorful cartoons reminiscent of the Disney cartoons from the 1990s. The style perfectly complements the tone of the book and adds an extra layer of humor that will appeal to children. VERDICT A funny picture book addition for most collections.—Patrick Tierney, Dr. Martin Luther King Elementary School, Providence, RI

School Library Journal

2015-08-05
A bevy of zoo animals takes off for the moon. Endpapers show a group of animals rushing toward a rocket ship, and then the story follows them page by page as they blast off into space. The text is playful, if a bit forced, with a question-and-answer format that allows the illustrations to support textual responses to queries: "Puffin flies in. / Cockatoo, too. / Which gear to get here? / ZOO MOON! ZOO MOON!" typifies the pattern. The accompanying digital illustration shows the puffin and cockatoo at the rocket's control board, but it also includes animals from the prior spreads, which creates a cumulative visual effect that continues throughout the book. It's notable that the animals included aren't all familiar ones—branching out from the common lions, elephants, giraffes, and so on, this book instead includes not just a puffin and a cockatoo, but a kiwi and a pronghorn among other exotic choices. The animals' cooperative effort to reach the moon fails, alas, with worries of "ZOO DOOM!" and sightings of "ZOO FUMES!" The animals safely return to the space center to plan for and dream about the next time they can (try to) zoom to the moon. An agreeable book to entice space enthusiasts as well as animal lovers. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews