The book Color Zoo by Lois Elhert fits into the genre of picture books because it is primarily made of illustrations. The illustrations are made from a solid background with designs and shapes of a solid color going around a cut out. The recto side is one color and the verso side is another color. The cut out shapes and figures make the face of an animal. The verso side of the book tells the shape and the recto side tells what animal it is. As you flip the pages in the book, the animals and shapes change. The cut outs overlap each other to form different animals. The book reviews colors and shapes.
This book is recommended for children ages 1-5. Color Zoo will be of interest to children who enjoy bright colors and watching the book change as the pages are turned. This would be a great book to teach young children and kindergarteners about colors and shapes. It could also be used to introduce a unit on animals.
I selected this book from the recommended picture books list in the text book and it is also a Caldecott Honor Book. I had never heard of this book before and I found it entertaining. I think children would enjoy having this book read aloud to them and it is also a great book for beginning readers since it follows a pattern and doesn’t have too many difficult words. I do not believe intermediate students would enjoy this book unless it was used to introduce elements of art and how to overlap images.
Big question: How could you use colored construction paper and shapes to make a new animal that was not pictured in this book?
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