Instead after we have read the book a couple of times, I get them to finish each sentence - 'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet. Lift the flaps and join in the fun with Rod Campbell’s classic, Dear Zoo, with a host of favourite zoo animals and flaps to lift on every page.

Rod Campbell, the creator of the preschool lift-the-flap classic Dear Zoo , has been a trusted name in early learning for over thirty-five years. Ingeniously simple, with touches of gentle humour, Rod’s books are loved all over the world by children, parents and teachers alike. Zoos argue that they are needed to teach and or inspire and they have worked hard to improve conditions for animals. They could sort the animals into two hoops labelled farm and zoo, do a numbered animal puzzle or weigh the different animals from the book.It is a great read aloud and a great one to read to a child sitting on your lap, the two styles not always being the case.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This Dear Zoo Story Sack includes all the Dear Zoo Animals to encourage story-telling, ignite imaginations and inspire a love of books. Of course, all this talk of zoos and the animals they help protect, provides the perfect opportunity to include some non-fiction books too along with others for reference in your classroom. We started off simply exchanging the picture of the correct animal that was hidden in the box…this was our ‘warm up’ activity as these are new cards.The personal information which we hold will be held securely in accordance with our internal security.