If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo
- Book Review,
by Mary Jean Hendrick, Jane Dyer (Illustrator)
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Gr2-- Leslie visits the zoo every Saturday, but her mother is unaware that as her daughter talks with the animals' keepers, she offers to take in the animals "if anything ever goes wrong at the zoo." When heavy rains cause flooding, the keepers remember Leslie's offer and escort their charges to her house. Her bewildered mother grants them refuge, but reminds Leslie to check first before inviting friends over the next time. A crisp and conversational text makes this a great choice for reading aloud, and children will be quick to anticipate the animals' arrival. Dyer's spirited watercolors skillfully capture the understated humor and add sparkle to a winning tale. --Lori A. Janick, Parkwood Elementary School, Pasadena, TXCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Every Saturday, Leslie makes an eponymous offer to one of the zookeepers: ``...you can send the zebras to my house.'' They promise to remember but aren't encouraging (``Oh, no...Monkeys...need things to swing on''). Then something does go wrong--heavy rains, flooding--and, one memorable night, the keepers bring the animals to Leslie's hilltop home, where they put the elephants in the garage, the monkeys on the swing-set, an alligator in the tub, ostriches in the hall--but just for the night. The keepers are grateful; Mom is surprised but polite: ``The next time you invite friends home, would you check with me first?'' It's a simple, enticing idea, gracefully and logically developed by this new author and ably abetted by Dyer's watercolors, which nicely capture the animals' appeal and the cozy, dependable family so willing to take them in. A real charmer. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Book Description
“If anything ever goes wrong at the zoo, you can send the zebras to my house,” Leslie tells the zebra keeper. She also invites the monkeys and the elephants. None of them ever comes--until one wet, stormy night when the zoo floods and the zebra keeper remembers Leslie’s offer. “It’s a simple, enticing idea, gracefully and logically developed by this new author and ably abetted by Dyer’s watercolors. . . . A real charmer.”--Kirkus Reviews
Card catalog description
After a young girl tells the zookeepers to send the animals to her house should anything go wrong at the zoo, a series of zoo emergencies results in some unusual houseguests for the girl and her family.
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