Wednesday, February 9, 2011

My Heart is like a Zoo


My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall is a fun book we picked up for this Valentine's Day. The bold illustrations are of different zoo animals made up of collage hearts. There's a cute rhyme that shares how one's heart is as 'snappy as a crab', 'cool as a penguin' and 'jumpy as a frog'. Its a clever fun book that also has some funny comparisons to animal traits. My two giggled several times throughout this read. We did a our own 'heart' animals for a craft to go along with this read. I let the kids pick two out each and I got busy cutting out hearts. Then they helped glue them all together. They loved this and they picked out two more to do the next day! For those who it might not be apparent to, we have a moose, a crab, an owl and a bear.



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11 comments:

  1. That is indeed a CUTE CUTE book. We love it too! And just a great basis for crafts this time of year. Your animals turned out wonderfull!


    Maggy
    (Thank you for linking up to Kids Get Crafty!!)

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  2. What clever, clever illustration for the front cover! Sounds like a great book. :-)

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  3. Thanks for stopping by my blog! My Heart Is Like a Zoo is a huge hit in our home right now. I love your crafts to accompany the book. You have a great selection of book ideas. I will definitely be checking some out! Thanks! Kerri

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  4. How cute are those little heart animals? I soooo love the bear! Precious!

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  5. We had fun with this book too. Cute animals.

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  6. fun! I love the little animals! linking up from stART. :)
    (grabbed your buttons for my blog too, cute!)
    http://musingsofmysahmlife.blogspot.com/

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  7. All the crafts I'm seeing on this book make me really want to find it.

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  8. Oh, I'd wanted to get this book from our library but it was out and had tons of requests. Looks like such a great one for Valentine's Day.

    I LOVE your Valentine's animals! Stopping by from stART and Kids Get Crafty.

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  9. Looks a lovely book for Valentine's Day and the heart animals are so cute! :)

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  10. TOO cute! And I love the heart-art!!!

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  11. SOOOOO adorable! I'm going to have to find that book, looks so fun. :) Rebecca

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