Author: Gail Gibbons
Narrator: Randye Kaye
Unabridged: 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published: 02/01/2016
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Animals
Gail Gibbons grew up writing stories and drawing pictures to fit the words, and wishing she lived in the country. After graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelor of fine arts degree, she became involved in television graphics. Eventually Gail became a full-time writer and moved to rural Vermont, where she could have a garden and as many pets as she wanted. Winner of the 2010 Regina Medal, Gail has written & illustrated more than 140 books. Gail and her husband, Kent Ancliffe, have a dog named Wilbur and two cats, named Miles and Davis. They live in Corinth, Vermont in a passive solar house that Gail's husband built and on an island off the coast of Maine.
Cute children’s book that describes what a zoo is like.......more
Retro. Will appeal to kids who like the zoo. Wish it were bigger so detailed illustrations could be better seen.......more
Zoo shows a story behind what happens on a daily basis at the zoo and then goes into more detail about some not so "daily" occurrences such as a birth or the sickness of an animal. Another cool thing in the back of the book is how they explain that zoos have many conservation programs to protect the......more
This was actually used for one of my observations in my placement recently. It is a good example of an "all about" text and the students were drawn in to all of the colorful photos! There were also many text-to-self connection opportunities in this book (i.e. have you ever been to the zoo? What did......more
