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When No-one's Looking at the Zoo
What are all the zoo animals up to when no one is looking?
The animals at the zoo can stretch, growl, and roar. But when no one is looking, they are up to much more! A charming lift-and-reveal picture book perfect for young children playing on the notion that animals do funny and often absurd activities when no one is looking.
The animals at the zoo can stretch, growl, and roar. But when no one is looking, they are up to much more! A charming lift-and-reveal picture book perfect for young children playing on the notion that animals do funny and often absurd activities when no one is looking.
- GenresAnimalsPicture Books
25 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2009
12 people want to read
About the author
Zana Fraillon
21 books111 followersZana Fraillon was born in Melbourne, but spent her early childhood in San Francisco.
Zana has written two picture books for young children, a series for middle readers, and a novel for older readers based on research and accounts of survivors of the Forgotten Generation. She spent a year in China teaching English and now lives in Melbourne with her three sons, husband and two dogs.
When Zana isn't reading or writing, she likes to explore the museums and hidden passageways scattered across Melbourne. They provide the same excitement as that moment before opening a new book - preparing to step into the unknown where a whole world of possibilities awaits.
Zana has written two picture books for young children, a series for middle readers, and a novel for older readers based on research and accounts of survivors of the Forgotten Generation. She spent a year in China teaching English and now lives in Melbourne with her three sons, husband and two dogs.
When Zana isn't reading or writing, she likes to explore the museums and hidden passageways scattered across Melbourne. They provide the same excitement as that moment before opening a new book - preparing to step into the unknown where a whole world of possibilities awaits.
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September 2, 2013
When No-one's looking at the Zoo by Zana Frailon.
This is a very funny book about what a variety of animals in a zoo get up to when no-one's looking. As visitors pass by the animals, they are roaring, howling, chirping and relaxing. However, when no-one’s looking; the tigers are at a tea party, the seals are waltzing and the giraffes are water skiing!
The book includes large flaps to lift up, which reveal the animals’ funny antics. I have read this book many times, often by popular request, to Nursery children as young as two and they really enjoy it. Children can make predictions of what the animals will be doing before the flap is lifted. When they know the book well, they love shouting out what happens! So the book teaches good prediction skills and encourages children to imagine what will happen next. It is a fun book to read aloud, with colourful and bright pictures to keep children engaged.
The ending is particularly clever, as the animals ask the readers: when no-one’s looking what do you do? This sparks the imagination of even young children and they can reveal what they do - or would like to do - when parents or teachers are not looking. This is a good way to encourage creative and descriptive story-telling and writing. Nursery to Year one or two could also describe their own animals in a different setting perhaps a farm or a safari park. The children could then think of what their animals would get up to when no-one's looking.
This is a very funny book about what a variety of animals in a zoo get up to when no-one's looking. As visitors pass by the animals, they are roaring, howling, chirping and relaxing. However, when no-one’s looking; the tigers are at a tea party, the seals are waltzing and the giraffes are water skiing!
The book includes large flaps to lift up, which reveal the animals’ funny antics. I have read this book many times, often by popular request, to Nursery children as young as two and they really enjoy it. Children can make predictions of what the animals will be doing before the flap is lifted. When they know the book well, they love shouting out what happens! So the book teaches good prediction skills and encourages children to imagine what will happen next. It is a fun book to read aloud, with colourful and bright pictures to keep children engaged.
The ending is particularly clever, as the animals ask the readers: when no-one’s looking what do you do? This sparks the imagination of even young children and they can reveal what they do - or would like to do - when parents or teachers are not looking. This is a good way to encourage creative and descriptive story-telling and writing. Nursery to Year one or two could also describe their own animals in a different setting perhaps a farm or a safari park. The children could then think of what their animals would get up to when no-one's looking.
September 14, 2011
A funny, enjoyable look at what the animals in the zoo might be doing when no-one's around. The gatefold sleeves are sure to make it a hit with toddlers.
September 6, 2012
A rhyming look at animals who live in the zoo and what they do when nobody's looking. Each two page spread has a flap that reveals in pictures each animal's hobbies. Great read aloud!
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