Review: A Room with a Zoo
Recensione editoriale - Kirkus Reviews"I have a zoo in my room. I need it. Because I'm either going to be a vet when I grow up or a zookeeper." Indeed, to say Julie, nine, is obsessed with animals would be an understatement. Julie's first pet ever is a sickly cat from the animal shelter named Timmy—a disaster. The make-up-for-the-disaster pet is a hamster, and a motley menagerie soon follows. Feiffer's vivacious illustrations that scamper through the pages are as spare and expressive as ever, and offer the first clue that Julie is African-American, adopted by a white family. While adoption isn't the main theme, the fact that Julie is essentially adopting animals makes for some cleverly subtle parallels. (She realizes when her fish Oscar eats his tankmate: "You have to keep your child even if he's bad"). Julie's voice and perspectives are childlike and often hilarious, effectively captured in breathless run-on sentences or short choppy ones. Children and adults alike will appreciate everything from over-the-top slapstick fiascos to Julie's wonderfully funny, insightful observations of pet-human and human-human dynamics. (Fiction. 7-10)
Review: A Room With a Zoo
Recensione dell'utente - Kristi - GoodreadsRead this out loud to my daughter. Some very funny scenes. Leggi recensione completa
Review: A Room With a Zoo
Recensione dell'utente - Lara - Goodreadsa good quick read while at the gym Leggi recensione completa
Review: A Room With a Zoo
Recensione dell'utente - Michelle - GoodreadsI think this book is very funny becuase she buys alot of pets some die and some live,the character that I like most is Hammy he is very small and very cut to I wish I couldhave him. Leggi recensione completa
Review: A Room With a Zoo
Recensione dell'utente - Dionne - GoodreadsFor every person/child (including me) who has ever wanted a dog but had to wait patiently to get one. Leggi recensione completa
Review: A Room With a Zoo
Recensione dell'utente - Mckenzie 11-12 - GoodreadsI liked the book because it showed that if you collect a bunch of animals you never know that it could become a zoo! But from a scale from a 1 to a 10 I give it a TEN!! Leggi recensione completa
Review: A Room With a Zoo
Recensione dell'utente - Beth Ann - Goodreadshttp://www.examiner.com/exotic-pets-i... Leggi recensione completa
Review: A Room With a Zoo
Recensione dell'utente - Nora - GoodreadsTold in a realistic but sometimes taxing stream-of-consciousness of a fourth grader. She continues to gain pets from her indulgent parents and ends up with a zoo in her room, creating lots of ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: A Room With a Zoo
Recensione dell'utente - Cheryl in CC NV - GoodreadsAdorable, even if I didn't agree with the reasoning behind the choice made at the end. Apparently it's more or less a true story, too. Leggi recensione completa
