ZooZical Hardcover – August 9, 2011

I use this book at kindy. Covers so many areas. The children absolutely love it. A book to read over and over again and extract new insight each time. The characters are catching and fun and the story itself turns out to be such a happy one. I look for books that would capture the imaginations of my 3 to 4 year olds who love stories and this one was a great success!

Cute book and we love the other books by the same author. Some of the rhymes seem a bit forced, but we like it overall.

This is the cutest book! With permission from the author, I turned it into a musical performance for kindergarten. They loved it!

Great book! My boys love it and we love reading it to them!

My four year old loves the rhyming, musical theme, and pictures. This is a great compliment to Wild About Books by the same author and illustrator.

It's winter and it's cold and the weather is miserable. Everyone is down in the doldrums. A group of animals at the zoo decide to put on a musical, adding new lyrics and dance numbers to old songs, to cheer everyone up. The musical, a "zoozical", is a big hit.`Then onto the stage rolls ten seals on a bus,Barking, "Let's sing a tune that is all about us!"The seals on the bus go round and round....'Bright. Colorful. Fun. Delightful.

Have you ever wondered what happens at the zoo when "frosty winds blow, when families stay at home, and when field trips are few"? In Zoozical by Judy Sierra, the answer is: midwinter doldrums!To be more specific:Little lemurs stopped leapingTheir yowling was keepingThe wombats awakeThen the snakes (by mistake)Tied themselves up in knotsOcelots lost their spots.How does one get rid of the midwinter doldrums? For the animals at the zoo, all looked lost until a large hippo collapsed, a small hippo hopped out of the way, and a young kangaroo shouted, "Look! Me hop, too!" This one act led to the animals all gathering together to put on a play full of songs and dances. Because of the rhymes, along with the bright and bold illustrations, I suspect young readers will eat this book up. I can even see myself having a riot reading this to an audience of primary students. However, I'm on the hunt for picture books that will be cherished by future generations the way Dr. Seuss' books are cherished now and from this viewpoint the book irritates me. The rhymes seemed forced. As for the mad-paced stage acts, they remind me children's parties at the height of chaos. But it's at that moment of course that the the adults are reaching for the headache pills. Zoozical is fun to the point of nausea.

Zoozical has quickly become a favorite in our home with my little animal lover. Illustrations are cute and each page is filled with lots of animals doing funny things. Great rhyme and story line. Highly recommend!

I bought two for two little girls and they were perfectly pleased. The drawings are very well suited to the poerty.