Zoo Zoom!
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
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!
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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.