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List Price: $7.99 | | Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Salesrank: 252789
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| Our Price: $3.95 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
But oh! what a fabulous night he had had,
When his world was turned into a zoo!
After wandering off from a school field trip, a young boy falls asleep in the Natural History Museum. There he sees his classmates, teachers, and family transformed into a menagerie of animals, from wild hyenas to stately peacocks.
John Lithgow's exhilarating word play, inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns's 1886 composition, provides a narrative arc to the piece for the first time. Lithgow created the text for the New York City Ballet, where the Carnival of the Animals ballet, with his narration, debuted in 2003. Boris Kulikov's witty artistic interpretation of the story adds to the fun.
Carnival of the Animals Reviews:
book 
2009-02-08 - The art work was interesting but the plot of the story was hard to follow.
adorable book 
2008-10-02 - This book has rollicking lyrics and fun pictures to introduce a classical score to children. It is fun to read (and even better to hear).
another cherished book by John Lithgow 
2008-08-01 - Another book in the collection of John Lithgow's childrens' books.
Lovely and witty prose.
Wonderful narration and eye popping illustrations
2007-06-28 - I used this with my kindergarten music class, and they were absolutely enthralled. Even kids who normally weren't on their best behavior were attentive and involved. We laughed hysterically together at the pictures, they were always finding something on the page to talk about. In addition, John Lithgow is a terrific storyteller who really makes the story come alive. During the musical passages woven through the story, I would stop and prompt the children to identify the instruments in the background and have them discuss ways each shows the character - eg. the how the elephant is shown with a slow, heavy tempo with low pitch; or how the wooden bars of the xylophone resonate to sound like the bones of the fossils. I highly recommend this book and cd.
So sad john....
2007-06-11 - I have to say, I own ALL of john's books and I love them all, except this one. I teach 3-4 year olds and the tune of this book is very dry. kind of boring. I let my friend borrow it to present to her 5 year old children and still no interest from them. The pictures are wonderful, and the cd is ok to listen to while the children play, but they are not interested inrerading the book.
