Book Review: Wild About Books
Want a fun and funny book about books? Then head to the bookstore and get Wild About Books, written by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Marc Brown. This is a whacky story about a librarian who sets up a bookmobile in the zoo. The animals in the zoo go wild, simply wild, about wonderful books, with giraffes wanting tall books and crickets craving small books, while geckos “could only read stick-to-the-wall books.” The books bring big changes to the lives of the zoo animals and some must be taught to treat books with respect, but all come to love books — so much so that they build their own “zoobrary.”
The rhyming is hilarious and fluid, with a rich vocabulary that doesn’t condescend to children, making this a great read-aloud book. And, there’s lots of fun for adults too, with puns and book references designed for the older set. The illustrations are bright, colorful and full of life. They are also very silly. Children who aren’t yet able to read will enjoy looking at the detailed pictures on their own.
My daughter walked into my office as I was writing this and laughed out loud as she saw the termites eating The Wizard of Oz and the baby bunnies mucking up Goodnight Moon. This book is a winner.
Ages: 3-8
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