FICTION

Dear Zoo: Animal Shapes

by Rod CAMPBELL

illus. by Rod Campbell. 20p. S. & S./Little Simon. Aug. 2016. Board $6.99. ISBN 9781481480697.

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Toddler-PreS—The classic story Dear Zoo is reformatted in this new board book. The story remains the same ("I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet"), but the pop-up and lift-the-flap elements have been removed. In their place, each page has been formed in the shape of the animal that the zoo sends to the letter writer. While not as charming as the original, this version will hold up for multiple circulations by tiny hands. A purchase for most libraries.

Reviewed by Staff , Jan 01, 2017

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