Zoo Train
Age 3+
Animal Stories
CHUGGA … CHUGGA … CHOO! CHOO! THUGGA … THUGGA … All aboard the zoo train. Better keep your eyes open – this is a crazy zoo!
A boy and his mother ride a train through the zoo, unaware that it is being overrun by naughty monkeys, who steal hats, scarfs and even cake and popcorn!
Creators
Sally Sutton is one of Walker Books Australia's best-selling picture book authors. Her first picture book for Walker Books Australia, Roadworks, won the Picture Book category of the 2009 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards and was followed by Demolition and Construction to complete the series. Her books have also reached an international audience and have sold into the UK, US, Korea and The Netherlands. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and two daughters.
Daron Parton currently lives in New Zealand. He has a degree in illustration and his work ranges from packaging to editorial and, recently, children’s book illustration. Daron has worked with The Wall Street Journal, The Age, the New Statesman, GQ, Esquire, Pearson, Scholastic and Fairfax Magazines. In 2012, he was named all-round winner of the “Australian Creative’s” Hotshop Award for Illustrator of the Year. He was also Highly Commended in the 2013 Australian and New Zealand Illustration Awards. Zoo Train is his first title with Walker Books Australia.
Reviews
Ideal for sharing.
Bookrapt
A fun zoo adventure for preschoolers and kindergarten children.
ReadPlus
Young readers will love listening to this, while following the pictures and guessing who the guilty animal is. There is so much to see on every page. It’s a visual feast ideal for readers 3+ years.
Buzz Words
With rhythmic, rhyming text, bold illustrations and a combination of animals and a train, Zoo Train is pitched perfectly for the 2 -6 year old market.
Bookrapt
With rhythmic, rhyming text, bold illustrations and a combination of animals and a train, Zoo Train is pitched perfectly for the 2 -6 year old market.
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