Best children zoo books according to redditors
We found 67 Reddit comments discussing the best children zoo books. We ranked the 19 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 67 Reddit comments discussing the best children zoo books. We ranked the 19 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
That's awesome, I'm so glad he got to have that interaction! (and kudos to you for stepping back and allowing it to take place!). You might try reading him some books about unconventional family structures as well - I've found that stories can be a great way to normalize situations and things that kids are going through. The Family Book, Who's in a Family?, The Great Big Book of Families, Who's in my Family?, and Families Families Families! are all good ones!
A similar thing happened to some penguins at the Central Park Zoo and someone turned it into a children’s book.
That or A is for Activist are our go-to baby shower gifts for friends.
My favorite is the one I linked, and another by the same author called Rosaline, but they're only available in Kindle format. I want hardcovers, darnit! >:(. They're also available as adorable short videos on Hulu, but only if you have Hulu Plus.
For books you can actually pick up and hold, I like The Different Dragon, because the fact that the main character has two moms isn't the focus of the story, it's just a "oh by the way" sort of thing that normalizes it, and one of his moms is important in the story.
I just got my board book copy of And Tango Makes Three in the mail. It's the story about the two male penguins who hatched an egg, and since it's a board book, my little one won't destroy it by chewing on it :P
I'm working off lists from The Advocate and Autostraddle to find more books. I don't want to recommend ones I haven't actually read through yet, so hopefully that helps.
NTA. She's basically decided to raise her kids homophobic in a passive sort of way. You should feel free to not hold back next time this comes up and give a polite, kid-friendly explanation.
Also, I have some gift ideas come Christmastime:
https://www.amazon.com/Worm-Loves-J-Austrian/dp/0062386336
https://www.amazon.com/King-Linda-Haan/dp/1582460612
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WEZR0KC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
(Why yes, I've bought all these and more for my niece and nephew, fortunately their parents don't object to me indoctrinating them into the gay agenda).
Who Pooped in the Zoo?
This book.
Tango, of Tango Makes Three!? Sad her parents broke up, did that happen in the book or after?
Don’t forget the original animal gay couple: Tango Makes Three
Books for Young Children
I Can Read - Books
Books for Older Kids
Really? It looks to me like there's still plenty at $0.01
For example: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/141694737X/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=
Put me in the Zoo! I loved that one too.
https://www.amazon.com/Stinky-Cheese-Disney-Zootopia-Chapters/dp/0736436103
Is a children's book in the works? A sequel to the gay penguin one?
https://www.amazon.com/Tango-Makes-Three-Classic-Board/dp/1481446959
Or is that the wrong narrative?
In the UK kids are being taught in primary schools that gay parenting is better than usual parenting. There's a book about penguins and how one penguin is being brought up by two male penguins and that this penguin is happier than all the penguins with normal parents. My teacher friend showed me and she's at the point of quitting education because she doesn't feel comfortable teaching political untruths to children. She says most of her colleagues absolutely hate straight men so have no problem teaching at and some are set to publish their own versions.
edit: this book
Indoctrination at 2 years old.
It's a children's story with several case files. I don't have it, but it's pretty cheap, and Loftis' illustrations are adorable. Here are some screenshots of its contents.
OMG reminds me of one of my favorite children's books, Put Me in the Zoo! I loved that book! And I love the mani!
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My daughter loves books and I really like some of the Sandra Boyton books. We got this vinyl one, "Barnyard Bath", for bathtime- it's silly, short, and gets the kids involved in cleaning the animals and then themselves.
Dear Zoo is a classic lift-the-flap with pretty sturdy flaps. Goodnight Gorilla is also an old school book with a simple story told mostly through the pictures.
I'm loving all the suggestions!
EDIT: of course you can't teach your kid to speak Spanish unless you know it yourself. I do think it's worth familiarizing your kid with Spanish anyway. A little exposure to pronunciation at a young age helps a lot with minimizing accent if he learns it when he's older. And by exposing him to Spanish now you're showing him it's something that you value, which makes him more likely to be interested as he gets older.
If you can teach yourself at least enough Spanish to be able to pronounce it fluently, here are some books I really like:
Pio Peep! - it's Spanish nursery rhymes and songs with a non-literal English translation alongside (so don't use the English to deduce what the Spanish means)
Me Gusta Cuando... - sweet bilingual board book with lots of pro-social messages (I like it when you let me help, I like it when we eat new things...)
Buenas Noches Gorilla - there's actually not a lot of text in this one, but it's fun for learning animal names and most 3 y.o. find the story hilarious
Toca, toca books - like baby touch & feel or lift-the-flap books but in Spanish. If your kid is still into books like this, I've liked all of the ones I've bought.
Translations of Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Sandra Boynton etc. are a bit hit or miss in my experience. Some are great, whereas some are charmless or have grammatical errors.
And for an older kid with some fluency, or for reading aloud if you learn some Spanish, I like the Geronimo Stilton books en espanol. They're early chapter books but have a lot of word art that helps with understanding what vocab means.
Could it be Terror at the Zoo by Peg Kehret?
>Ellen Streater received the perfect birthday present—an overnight camp-out at the zoo. Too bad she had to invite her little brother Corey along. But as night falls in the zoo, her brother becomes the least of her worries, as they discover they're locked in the zoo with an escaped convict who's stalking their every move. Unable to run, and with no help in sight, their last chance for survival is Ellen's crazy science project on animal communication. But can they get the animals to help them in time, or will it be too late?
Some of my very favorites:
ELL/Immigrant:
The Name Jar
My Name is Yoon
My Name is Sangoel
Ability:
Jessica's Box
My Brother, Charlie
ZOOM!
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay
LGBTQ+:
And Tango Makes Three
Worm Loves Worm
Introducing Teddy
My Princess Boy
Do you have Amazon Prime? If so, this awesome fluffy book!
Oh, get the interactive books they can touch. My son loves to feel the different textures on the books. He loves the "Where is baby's _____?" series like "Where is Baby's Belly Button?" you lift the flaps to reveal the answer. Dear Zoo is another great book with flaps. He loves Peeka who? Or the peeka flaps books. There are some reasonable ones with prime shipping:
Where Is Baby's Belly Button? A Lift-the-Flap Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/0689835604/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0rv0AbB518KMJ
Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/141694737X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Hsv0AbHS1TGC4
Yes They even made a picture book based off of them
I second the library suggestion- they will have so many resources available to you, usually including story times specifically for this age group! It’s a great way to learn practices you can bring home.
I would check out Jbrary - this blog is run by two children’s librarians and they have TONS of resources and book suggestions. They also have a YouTube channel with lots of songs, rhymes and finger plays to work in with literacy development.
For 1-year olds you should look for board books- sturdy cardboard books that your child will easily be able to handle with you.
Some book suggestions:
Where is Green Sheep? By Mem Fox
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
There are TONS of books that would be great for this age- those are just some of my favorites. Others you might consider:
-Anything by Donald Crews
-“Spot” books by Eric Hill
-Pete the Cat by James Dean/Eric Litwin (there are board books available specifically for young readers)
-“The Bear” books by Karma Wilson- these aren’t usually available as board books but they are great rhyming stories
-“Maisy” series by Lucy Cousins
I apologize for any formatting issues- posting from mobile. Good luck!
ah omg i read that too and forgot until this second
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My guess was Zoobreak which is part of a series called Swindle
Yeah I feel you!
I believe these may be of interest to you as well...
(Yeah aimed at kids so probably wellll below your reading level but still worth it, and of course there's always fanfiction!)
http://www.amazon.com/Stinky-Cheese-Disney-Zootopia-Chapters/dp/0736436103/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457952650&sr=1-14&keywords=zootopia
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Disney-Zootopia-Step-Reading/dp/0736434569/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457952608&sr=1-11&keywords=zootopia
http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Little-Rodentia-Zootopia-Pictureback/dp/073643531X/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457952608&sr=1-12&keywords=zootopia
I hope you don't mind multiple suggestions!
Where's My Teddy? (and other Jez Alborough books)
I love We're Going on a Bear Hunt especially if you learn the song!
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (and other Bill Martin Jr. books)
From Head to Toe (and other Eric Carle books)
Caps for Sale (similar to Panda Bear and Head to Toe in its repetition but even more awesome)
I really like the Five Little Moneys series by Eileen Christelow.
Good Night Gorilla
Big Red Barn
Depending on how long she will listen to a story, I have a healthy obsession with Leo Lionni lately. Maybe Little Blue and Little Yellow would be a good starting place.
I Went Walking - I recently read this book to my class. After, we went on a walk and took pictures of the things we saw. I made a book with the pictures and my children are still obsessed with reading it because they memorized the pattern.
I want to keep going, but green eggs and ham.
Edit: I just wanted to add that there have been some amazing suggestions so far. Also, I freaking love Mo Willems!
Green eggs and ham is a pretty cool book, but have you tried books by Karma Wilson? Animal Strike at the Zoo is a pretty cute one for you and your daughter! I like the Bear related series the best!
I would love to have Bear Stays Up for Christmas to add my library. I collect little kid books for my preschool classroom!
There's a children's book about this!
https://www.amazon.com/Tango-Makes-Three-Classic-Board/dp/1481446959