Board book · Fiction
Dear Zoo
Rod Campbell
About the book
A child writes to the zoo for a pet, and a series of unsuitable animals arrives in flap-covered crates until the perfect one does.
Reading notes
Short, repeated sentences and flaps make it a good early participation book.
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Book details
- Author
- Rod Campbell
- First published
- 1982
- Suggested ages
- Ages 0–3 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Best read aloud
- Topics
- lift the flap, animals
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780230747722 · Macmillan Children's Books, 2010 · Board Book
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
Metadata verified against Open Library on 2026-11-11. Other editions and formats exist; ISBNs differ by edition.
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