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The sky is dark and the Opposite Zoo is CLOSED. But the monkey's cage is OPEN! Time to explore. . .
Follow the monkey as he visits all the animals in the zoo: fast and slow, big and small, noisy and quiet, soft and prickly! Filled with energetic illustrations, friendly animals, and a clear, simple text—all wrapped up in a gorgeous package—The Opposite Zoo is a fun and lively introduction to animals and opposites for the youngest picture-book audience.
"Na brings fresh energy to the familiar. With a coloring style that feels as if someone took a firecracker to a box of crayons, Na makes turtle shells as dynamic as a peacock’s plumage." —The New York Times Book Review
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Release date
March 8, 2016 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780553511291
- File size: 6 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 360
- Text Difficulty: 1
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Reviews
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February 15, 2016
In exploring the concept of opposites at a zoo in nighttime, Na also explores a looser look than in many of his earlier books. "The sky is DARK, and the Opposite Zoo is CLOSED. But the monkey's door is OPEN! Time to explore...." And explore the monkey does, swinging past a wide-"AWAKE!" owl and a fast-"asleep" panda, checking in on a "Hairy" lion and a "Bald" hippo, offering an acacia twig to a "Tall" giraffe and calling to a "short," nursing peccary over three successive double-page spreads. While the opposites explored are not particularly revolutionary, Na's wry sense of humor is on display in nearly every spread, from the "shy" chameleon the monkey spots trying its best to blend into a rock, the "Soft" tiger about to learn why it's a bad idea to mess around with a "prickly" hedgehog, and the monkey sitting silently among a tribe of "NOISY" baboons, the adjective repeated in all-capital letters six times on the page above to emphasize the clamor. Readers accustomed to Na's baroque, layered patterns will be struck by the simplified, free style he adopts in this book for young learners. Broad strokes and energetic scribbles of color recall Brian Wildsmith, offering just enough detail to captivate without threatening to overwhelm the concepts illustrated. A beautiful treatment of a familiar subject that repays close looking again and again. (Picture book. 2-4)COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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May 1, 2016
PreS-Gr 1-When the Opposite Zoo closes for the night, a monkey escapes its enclosure to wander around and visit other animals, returning to its cage at sunrise before the zookeeper discovers its absence. To showcase the concept of opposites, each spread features two animals that contrast in some way, each labeled with a descriptive word-a tall giraffe and a short pig, a soft tiger and a prickly hedgehog, a slow sloth and a fast cheetah. Though the animals are not named, they are easily recognizable. Young readers will enjoy spotting the sneaky monkey on every page and following its nocturnal adventure, as well as seeing all of the zoo denizens on the last spread. VERDICT Na's winsome illustrations make this title a delightful take on animal opposites and a great addition to most collections.-Yelena Alekseyeva-Popova, formerly at Chappaqua Library, NY
Copyright 2016 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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January 1, 2017
"YT]he Opposite Zoo is CLOSED. But the monkey's door is OPEN! Time to explore..." On each spread, the monkey visits animals who represent opposite qualities: "AWAKE!" vs. "asleep"; "Hairy" vs. "Bald"; etc. Some animal choices are imprecise (e.g., hippos aren't technically bald), but the visual interactions between animals playfully convey their personalities, and the rich-hued illustrations, full of graceful curves, are captivating.(Copyright 2017 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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