'Twas the Day Before Zoo Day (Arbordale Collection) - Hardcover

Ipcizade, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1607185857 ISBN 13: 9781607185857

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This delightful adaptation of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, shares zoo keeper and animal preparations for the upcoming “Zoo Day.” But things aren't going according to plan . . . The llamas won't quit spitting, the giraffes are drooling, and the zebras aren't happy at all with their stripes. Meanwhile, the zoo keepers are scurrying this way and that, cleaning up poop, ringing mealtime bells, and trying to get the animals bathed. Will “Zoo Day” go off without a hitch? The “For Creative Minds” educational section includes “Creative Sparks: imagine you're a zoo keeper,” and “An Animal Adaptation Matching Activity.”

About this title

Review:

Children will love this story for its bold colors and familiar meter. Parents and educators will enjoy using the educational materials, which include a picture-word matching exercise, animal fun facts table, a zookeeper fact sheet, and an online supplement. - Foreword Magazine

Back matter has a fill-in matching activity, some -animal fun facts,- and a writing exercise about zookeepers. - School Library Journal

Readers and listeners can gather an amazing amount of animal information from the text. They can learn about how the animals look, feed, and act as well as something about their habitats. - CLDC

About the Author:

Ben Hodson is an award-winning illustrator of nearly twenty books. He loves creating art and he also loves a good adventure, like hiking the Rocky Mountains with a team of rescued wild burros, living in a mountain village in Nepal, or drawing comics with youth in South Africa. Ben created the artwork for How the Moon Regained Her Shape using acrylic paints, handmade papers, old wallpaper, pencil crayons, gesso, and ink on watercolor paper. He illustrates full time from his home in Ottawa, Canada. Visit Ben's website: http: //www.benhodson.ca/

About this edition

• Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1607185857
• ISBN 13: 9781607185857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hodson Ben