Book Descriptions
for The Opposite Zoo by Il Sung Na
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
When the gates close for the night at the Opposite Zoo, an inquisitive monkey goes exploring, looking for animals that exhibit opposite characteristics: awake/ asleep, hairy/bald, tall/short, soft/prickly, etc. Lush watercolor illustrations show an array of zoo animals, and the monkey can be found somewhere in the background of each double-page spread. As the sun comes up, the monkey returns to its own enclosure and the final double-page spread provides a visual reprise of the animals seen on the previous pages as the zookeeper waves a welcome to all visitors. (Ages 2–4)
CCBC Choices 2017. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2017. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
From the creator of A Book of Sleep and A Book of Babies comes a beautiful new book of animals--and opposites!
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
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
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
