[Do Not Enter The Monster Zoo] [By: Amy Sparkes] [August, 2013]

by Amy Sparkes

What would you do if you received an invitation to run a zoo full of huge, scary monsters?


The brave little boy in this story leaps at the chance, and although the monsters seem scary at first, he soon has them eating out of the palm of his hand.





This is an exciting, imaginative, hilarious adventure that encourages little readers to have confidence and stand up for themselves, from the illustrator of Dogs Don't Do Ballet and Rhinos Don't Eat Pancakes.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction

Paperback

First published July 4, 2013

Reviews

[Ivy · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was really cool!

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 2.5 yo likes the monsters. I think this illustrator is just so wonderful, I'm going to chase up her everything. The text is pretty good, rhymes and flows well, and even though there are no animals in this book (my child will read ANYTHING with animals and is always searching for them in any book), hey - it has a zoo.

[Lauren Drake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great rhyming book about a boy who wins a prize to run a monster zoo for a day. I found this book so funny due to the antics that each monster gets up to in the zoo and believe that children would really enjoy it too. The illustrations by Sara Ogilvie are bright and colourful and i like that she has created the illustrations through scribbles and doodles. If using this book in a class, i think it would be good for children to create their own monster as a follow up activity, giving it a name and something that it does and writing a rhyme to show this. The children could also draw their monster using the style in which Ogilvie uses. Highly recommend reading.

[Belinda Vlasbaard · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 sterren - Nederlandse hardcover

Benieuwd wat mijn kleinzoon ervan vindt. Cadeau voor zijn 4de verjaardag.

[BrookesEducationLibrarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young boy receives a prize in the post, he's won an opportunity to run a zoo for the day but when he arrives he discovers that instead of the animals he expected to take care of he, he is faced with a zoo filled with naughty monsters who are running wild!

This picture book is filled with cheeky characters and rhymes about the monster's antics, the illustrations are colourful and eye-catching and the overall enjoyment factor is definitely there for children who enjoy fast-paced rhythmic reads!

[Justine Carnegie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet little story to read with children. However I would not use it for shared reading with a class. It would me more suitable for having on your book shelf at home for bedtime stories or possibly for having in nurseries for one to one or small group reading.
The illustrations are very vibrant and colourful and children will love the idea of the story, I can imagine aspects of the story maybe acted out in their own imaginative play.

[Luke Speirs]

A fun rhyming book that would be great for KS1. It follows the story of a young boy who gets to run a monster zoo for the day. He overcomes their challenges and the keeper wants him to come back again!

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun story about perseverance and hard work. Think it helped my kid accept that he could stand up to monsters a bit. And he loved the bit with the poo.

8/10

[Zedechra · Rating 4 out of 5]

تصویرسازیاش ^^

[Carmen (TheReadingTrashQueen) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so cute! Can I have all these monsters, and this brave little kid to tame all the villains??

[Gita · Rating 3 out of 5]

تصویرگریِ واقعا درخشان.

[Amy James]

She ravenously ate an apple during this story. Channelling her inner monster, I am sure.

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wat een enorm lief, en leuk boek was dit zeg!

Het gaat over een jongen die een dagje wint om de baas te zijn over een dierentuin. Nu hoor ik jullie denken, jaaaa maar dat is toch niet spannend? Nou, wel als het een monster-dierentuin is. Met monsters groot, klein, zacht, lief, kwaad en heel veel meer. Onze kleine jongen heeft er een dagtaak aan. Voeren, verschonen, vangen, en heel veel meer.

Het jochie was echt heel dapper en ik moest hard lachen om te zien hoe zo'n klein jochie die beesten even temde. Enorm schattig ook, en ik vond de reacties van de monsters ook heel erg leuk om te zien. Die hadden natuurlijk verwacht dat ze dit jochie wel even konden overwinnen, of opeten. Ha, komen zij even van een koude kermis thuis.

Ik zou ook best wel een dagje willen zorgen voor de monsters, wat zien ze er allemaal leuk uit. Of misschien gewoon een dagje door de dierentuin lopen en alle monsters gewoon zien. :)

Het einde was echt heel lief, ik was even bezorgd, maar gelukkig hoefde dat helemaal niet. Leuk!

De illustraties passen echt goed bij het boek. Kleurrijk, de monsters heerlijk creatief getekend, ja, ik kon me zo voorstellen dat ik daar in de dierentuin was.

Zou ik dit boek aanraden? Zeker!

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

[Alison Brownlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun, read a loud story for kids. It's very well put together, clearly a lot if thought went into the page designs. The rhyme is funny and entertaining and the kids I read it too loved all the crazy creatures but I recommend practicing their names a few times they are a tongue twister.

[Zoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Channelling the jabberwocky, this is a fun read aloud with lots of made up monsters and great rhymes. With echoes of the mouse in the Gruffalo (the smaller animal is able to frighten the larger, supposedly more terrifying one), I'd pair this book with Kevin Waldron's 2 Zoo books.

[Gervy · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 year-old boy & almost 5 year-old girl both love this.

[Brigitte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jippie! Een boek vol fantasie. Heerlijk voor kleuters en oudere peuters die genieten van vreemde monsters.
Ook nog eens op rijm.

[Fi's Journey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute Rhymes and that's about it.