Private Zoo ¦ ABC Zoo
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The striking illustration on our cover is taken from The Way Things Work by David Macaulay, published by Dorling Kindersley (0 86318 323 9, £15.00).
We are grateful to Dorling Kindersley for help in using this illustration.
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Private Zoo
Michael Foreman
Two books with a zoo theme in the popular Pocket Puffin format. Private Zoo is an imaginative and literate book. A young boy fantasises about a much desired visit to the zoo. Foreman's marvellous pictures extend the idea of shadow play to build subtle bridges between the workaday and the fantastic. Real artistry here. Young readers get to learn to do shadow plays as well!
Kersten's alphabet book goes beyond the conventional and has some witty word play and poetry making. Here's a taster: 'The sinuous snake slithers over the rocks. She doesn't wear shoes and she doesn't wear socks.' Sixes to eights enjoy each of these.
