A Room with a Zoo

I loved this book. I am going to give it to my granddaughter who also has a room with a zoo. The most endearing part of the book was that it was written from a child's point of view, mistaken ideas included.Very charming!

Courtney Roberts 3/28/07 Writing Book Review A Room with a Zoo There is this loving family they had a daughter named Halley and she wanted a pet and she wanted a pet now. She wanted her own pet to live in the house with her. She wanted a pet that could play ruff with her and she wanted her parents to get the pet for her. So the little girl's... Read Full Review

I'm a children's Librarian, and I can't wait to recommend this book to the kids. I'm sure they will love it as much as I did.

A couple months ago a child walked into a library where I was the children's librarian. Softly she asked if we had anything else by the author of "A Room With a Zoo". My library is notorious for getting new books in late, but in this particular case I had seen the title already in a bookstore. I showed her Jules Feiffer's other books, like "The Man In the Ceiling" and "A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears". She looked them... Read Full Review

Julie is an animal lover who has always wanted a dog. She asks for a dog when she sees one on the street, and then again when she sees one on television. "Not until you're old enough to walk it yourself," her parents tell her. Then one day Julie has a new idea. "You don't have to walk a cat, do you?" she asks. Her parents let her have Timmy, the first animal for the zoo in her bedroom. A ROOM WITH A ZOO is about Julie's adventures... Read Full Review