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Wild About Books

by Judy Sierra

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This is a book about a girl named Molly who goes to the Zoo to get the animals to start liking books. She gets them all excited about reading and finds books for every type of animal that is there. They end up at the end creating a Zoobrary for all of the animals to come and read. ( )
  amguess | Oct 27, 2009 |
This books is about a librarian named Molly McGrew who mistakenly drove her bookmobile into the zoo. While at the zoo, she began to read aloud a Dr. Seuss book, which attracted several animals. As time passed, more and more animals grew fond of books and wanted to read themselves. Molly decided to find books that worked best for them, such as waterproof books for the otters. The animals grew to love books so much that they began wanting to write books as well, which is exactly what they did. Molly decided to start a branch library at the zoo, which would be called the zoobrary.
I would read this book to students in kindergarten through second grade. The best time to read this is when learning about zoo animals because it involves various types and certain descriptions about these animals. This would be a good book to read the day before taking a field trip to a local/nearby zoo. Another great time to read this is when encouraging students to read by showing them the importance of it. This importance is emphasized by having the story incorporate animals loving to read. Also, this book could be read when students are learning about words that rhyme because it is a story that is full of rhyming words. ( )
  MelanieRoss | Oct 26, 2009 |
This book is great. It really shows rhyming skills in an intellectual but fun way. Kids of all ages can enjoy this book. The pictures are great and the story is great as well. It can teach a younger audience about animals and rhyming words while showing an older audience that it can be fun to read. The publisher website is http://www.franceslincoln.com/Childre... This can be a good resource for teachers to buy their books from. There are authors and illustrators as well as a newsletter with events that are held.
  sbbunn | Oct 23, 2009 |
This is a wonderful book to read to your students when they are just learning to read or about to start reading small picture books. The book is about a girl named Molly who drives her bookmobile into the zoo. She begins to read to the animals and they are curious about reading and how. She teaches the animals to read just like you would teach a child how to read. ( )
  fnborries | Oct 18, 2009 |
Level 1 reading. The Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew drove her library bus into the zoo and began reading. The animals began to gather around her slowly. Then the animals starting reading all kinds of books on their own. Molly showed the right ways to hold and treat a book. While the animals decided to become authors. The animals decided to build their own library and it would be called the zooobrary. This website has a cute lesson plan. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/art... ( )
  dlsmith5 | Oct 10, 2009 |
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Epigraph
When you visit the zoo now, you surely won't mind

If the animals seem just a bit hard to find --

They are sug in their niches, their nests, and their nooks,

Going wild, simply wild, about wonderful books.
Dedication
This book is for our favorite doctor, artist, poet, fun concocter: Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991. -- Judy Sierra and Marc Brown
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It all started the summer of 2002,

When the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew,

By mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 037582538X, Hardcover)

It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.

In this rollicking rhymed story, Molly introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading. She finds the perfect book for every animal—tall books for giraffes, tiny ones for crickets. "She even found waterproof books for the otter, who never went swimming without Harry Potter." In no time at all, Molly has them "forsaking their niches, their nests, and their nooks," going "wild, simply wild, about wonderful books." Judy Sierra’s funny animal tale coupled with Marc Brown’s lush, fanciful paintings will have the same effect on young Homo sapiens. Altogether, it’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys!

(retrieved from Amazon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:44:00 -0500)

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