Zoo is a children's book about the inner workings of the zoo, all the jobs that go into running and maintaining the zoo, things for visitors to do and some of the habitat adaptations that have been made. The illustrations in this book are not especially appealing to me, but are simplistic and easy to identify. I like that this book is informational and provides a different view of the zoo than what I normally would think about. I would have enjoyed detailed pictures and descriptions of different animals, but those are my own personal expectations and interests when it pertains to the zoo.
In this classroom this book would be great for teaching younger children about the different jobs involved in running and maintaining a zoo. The book does a great job of focusing on pre-zoo opening jobs, while the zoo is opened jobs, and after the zoo is closed jobs. The text and pictures in this book do a great job of reinforcing text, an important concept for children to understand. I think I would use this book as part of a unit on jobs because it introduces the reader to so many different jobs and would be a good resource for teaching children about the many jobs that are out there. I am sure most young students especially will not think about those setting up the snack stands or the security guard as people involved in running a zoo. I like that the book seems to almost exhaustively cover the many jobs in running a zoo.
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