I guess you can judge a book by it's cover.
When my five-year-old took a look at the front of our new book, she said, "Oh. She's doesn't look very good."
With all the colds and flu circulating right now, Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo
is a very timely book. It seems like half of my child's class has been out sick with one thing or the other and this book helps explains how germs can be spread.We follow Felicity as she goes to the zoo, wipes green gook into her hand, and then touches every single animal in sight. Needless to say, every animal marked with her green hand print catches what she's got!
My five-year-old enjoyed the book's illustrations and text (and was even able to read some of it). My two-year-old was equally interested in the animals at the zoo and making there noises as we turned each page.
From the author: E. S. Redmond was inspired to write this, her first book, after a trip with her children to a petting zoo. She says, "I remember watching all these smiling, wobbling toddlers surrounding the animals. Every little nose was running, and the sheep resembled very large mounds of tissue. It struck me as altogether funny and ironic that the hand soap was mounted on the fence at the exit. Nice for us, not so great for the sheep." E. S. Redmond lives in Massachusetts.
Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo is a good introduction to preschool and younger school age kids on how germs spread and how this widespread illness could have been avoided had she just used a tissue and washed her hands.
Oh, and maybe stayed home when she was sick!
This was written by Leighann who can be read at Multi-Minding Mom where she dishes about family, food, foraging, frivolity, and more!
Disclosure: Candlewick Press sent this book for me to read with my children.
