Saturday, October 24, 2009

Readathon: Hour 18: Life-Size Zoo

Exhausted. This will be my last read, my last review. Must get some sleep. Seventeen, almost eighteen straight hours of reading. Too many Hershey's Kisses and too much coffee. Lots of entries into contests, but, as usual, nothing won. Had a great time reading and writing and visiting blogs and playing games. 'Night all.



Life-Size Zoo by Teruyuki Komiya

I like this book so much. I pushed it off on several parents seeking books for their kids. How could someone go wrong with this book?

Here are things I liked about it: An information sheet about the animals on the front endpapers. A table of contents created to be like a zoo map (oh so clever). A part of the animal presented in full life-size. Things to look for on the drawing, up close. Cool facts about the animal.

And what great choices for animals: a panda, zebra, tiger (those scary teeth), gorilla, rhino (with a horn made of hair?), anteater (what a nose!), koala (much smaller than I would have expected), and more.
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13 comments:

  1. (Diane) Bibliophile By the SeaOctober 25, 2009 at 12:20 AM

    You are really doing great! Isn't the time flying by? I am starting to feel exhaustion setting in, but blog-hopping is helping. Keep up the good work.

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  2. VasillyOctober 25, 2009 at 12:33 AM

    Good night! You did great! Sweet dreams.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 25, 2009 at 1:26 AM

    Keep going. I want to say that I love that you are posting a book every hour. So cool!!
    Karin

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  4. AartiOctober 25, 2009 at 1:30 AM

    Great job on the readathon! Sorry you didn't win anything, but maybe next time :-)

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  5. Susan WhelanOctober 25, 2009 at 1:38 AM

    Life-size Zoo sounds like a great picture book for kids. Thanks for the recommendation.

    Glad you've had fun with Readathon. Sweet dreams!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 25, 2009 at 1:47 AM

    Good night! You did a wonderful job :)

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  7. Lenore AppelhansOctober 25, 2009 at 2:12 AM

    You did great! I didn't win anything either - oh well :)

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  8. MemoryOctober 25, 2009 at 2:29 AM

    You read a ton today! Great job!

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  9. StaciOctober 25, 2009 at 4:58 AM

    Wow! You really hung in there for the long haul!! Great job on the read-a-thon!!

    Cheerleader Staci

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  10. Joy ReneeOctober 25, 2009 at 5:28 AM

    wow i'm going to have to try to come back and read your reviews when i can focus. you did a good job but more important you seemed to have fun.

    read for joy

    ps i love margaret atwood and did not know she had a new one out.

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  11. LouiseOctober 25, 2009 at 7:13 AM

    I feel like I did my own reading marathon just by reading all your reviews in one sitting!

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  12. Z-KidsNovember 3, 2009 at 2:15 PM

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  13. Z-KidsNovember 3, 2009 at 2:15 PM

    This one looks super -- off to find it now!

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