Wild About You!by Judy Sierraillustrated by Marc BrownAlfred A. Knopf, 2012Fabulous rhyming picture book by Judy Sierra! Take a bunch of adorable zoo babies, two animals who feel left out (panda and tree kangaroo) because THEY don't have any cute babies, an unidentified egg, and a stray kitten, and mix them together for a zoo adventure. This is charming and lovely--and funny. For instance:"Blech! Babies are awful," the crocodiles told them."They bite and they scratch, and they howl when you hold them.They won't do a thing that you want them to do.And on top of all that, they make mountains of poo.""May we have your babies?" the pandas asked sweetly."No! No!" cried their parents. "WE LOVE THEM COMPLETELY!"This is just a flat-out entertaining picture book, but it is also a great discussion starter about family, diversity, adoption, etc.This is my favorite Sierra book, I think. Wild about you touches the heart by talking about a zoo and all the different animals at the zoo, all of the babies are being born different shapes and sizes, and then kangaroo finds an egg thats all by itself, he takes it and waits for it to hatch by taking care of it. All the animals think its weird because its different than kangaroo, but kangaroo doesnt care, he just wants to protect it. When the egg hatches it is a baby penguin, kangaroo takes it as its own and protects it, all of the other animals bring different things for the baby like food, love, protection, and milk. All of the animals help out and parent the baby penguin like its their own. This book teaches so much about family and being accepted for who you are, you shouldnt care about looks or differences, just about who you are and who takes care of you. Everyone needs a family and in Wild about you, all of the animals come into penguins life and take care of him like hes their own, nurturing him and helping him grow up. Family is forever, I would use this book in my 1st grade class and then have them draw what type of baby animal they would want and how they would take care of it. Sierra, Judy, and Marc Tolon Brown. Wild about you!. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. Print.
What do You think about Wild About You! (2012)?
This was a cute rhyming book about adoption and how it takes a whole "zoo" to raise a baby!
—Justin
I recieved a free copy at BEA 2012.Loved this one so much! About family and community.
—DualBLDR2
One of our favourite kids books about adoption :)
—mrbhardwaj1
