I'm WILD about books!

"It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo." In this colorful book by Judy Sierra, which is illustrated by Marc Brown of Arthur the Aardvark fame, this starts off a book-reading extravaganza. Molly sets up in the zoo, and the animals all begin reading books! The vividly-colored illustrations will be riveting for even the youngest baby, and the vocabulary is wonderful. Just in one page,it lists "a mink and a moose, a wombat, an oryx, a lemur, a lynx, eight elephant calves, and a family of skinks", AND there are illustrations of all those animals! And all the animals find books they enjoy-the crocodiles are reading "Peter Pan"--or at least books that rhyme--otters reading Harry Potter. Adults will enjoy the wordplay and illustrations too! Everyone will be reminded of Dr. Seuss and his way with rhymes and words.
Wild About Books turned into quite a vocabulary lesson for my students: not only did they learn or review all the animal names, but only a few students in the entire school had ever heard of a bookmobile, so that was a lesson in itself.