The tree kangaroo at the zoo would like nothing more than a baby of her own. So, when a new egg arrives via the endangered species van, the 'roo jumps at the chance to take care of it, even when no one else wants it. Soon, out comes a penguin and all the animals chip in to help because, as the tree kangaroo says, "Penguins eat fishes."
Told in Judy Sierra's classic rollicking rhyme, and paired with Marc Brown's breathtaking folk-art style paintings, Wild About You! is another delightful collaboration from this New York Times bestselling duo that fans of Wild About Books and ZooZical will want to adopt for their own book collections.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Those parts are really too bad because the rest of the story is pretty sweet
By Jeani Habegger McAleer
We were given this as a gift, but I have a couple of issues with it. Focuses on the (animal) parents wanting a baby as the main reason for adoption, and the potential parents are quite whiny about it -- even asking another set of parents if they can have their children. When an egg is available for adoption, four or five animals say why they *aren't* interested, and the adoptive mom of the egg is described as "snatching" it. Those parts are really too bad because the rest of the story is pretty sweet, showing how the animals that are more like the adoptive baby animals help to raise them -- like a bird bringing fish to a baby puffin bc the mama isn't an animal that knows how to fish, etc.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Cute adoption story that's fun to read over and over (and you will be asked to!)
By Sara Bennett
We picked this up in the library completely randomly and brought it home. It immediately became our bedtime favorite! Everyone in the zoo is having babies but a few animal parents are feeling left out and end up adopting babies of different species. Everyone pitches in to make the new parents and babies comfortable and work out the kinks (like the penguin that was hatched in a tree). My favorite part is actually near the beginning when the crocodiles talk about how much trouble kids are but are sure to add "but we love them completely!". Coincidentally my daughter will soon have an adopted cousin, so the subject matter is especially appropriate for us, but this is a great one for any family.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Two year old loves this book
By NorCal consumer
My grandson is obsessed with zoo animals & this book was the first Picture book (not board book) I had read to him. He loves this book. He wants me to read it over & over. I have since bought Zoozical by same author/illustrator & that has also become a big hit. The illustrations are wonderfull in both books. The story of Wild About You is about acceptance and family bonds which my grandson probably does not comprehend yet but that does not hinder his enjoyment of this beautiful book.
