Dear Zoo

great

We started with this book early on to introduce animals, their noises and lifting the flaps/turning pages. Enjoyed by all and now the pictures are read by 2.5 year old on her own.

This is a fun book for my daughter to lift up the flaps and see what's beneath.

Another favourite! This was my sons first book. He will be 3 in August and he still reads it. Learnt different animals and the noises they make. Loves the different textures and the flappy bits.

This is a classic book. We love reading this together!

Lovely colourful pictures with a range of animals. The kiddies love finding the animals and joining in with the noises.

We like turning the flaps and making the animal noises. I recommend this book.

We adore this book! Animal noises are fun and we love the grumpy camel!

We read at bedtime, Shelby loves this book, with the hiding animals, very excited to find each one.

Frankie loves this book, she was smiling the whole time!

We bought for our son at 8 months. The book helped him to learn about animals and skills like to open and close through flaps.

Very simple, but enjoyable.

We brought this with us on my son's first plane trip. It was the first time I gave it to him and he loved opening all the flaps and pointing at the animals. Mum and Dad made the appropriate animal noises and that kept him enterrtained for most of the flight. No need for an ipad! His current favourite page is the lion for which he now makes the roaring noise himself. :-)

My children love to read this book and as it's a lift the flap book and they find it very exciting.

We got this free with Bookstart and it is such a fantastic book, learning animal sounds and finding them hiding was exciting.

A classic I loved as a child and my son loves too. His first jigsaw was based on the book and we have the play-a-sound edition which has broadened the appeal for both of us.

My daughter loves opening the flaps and making the animal sounds. Would definitely recommend.

My 2-year-old loves this book, he was opening the windows and making lion noises. Very good for the little ones.

My son loves me reading this book, loves lifting the covers up to find out what animal is underneath and saying the sounds the animals make.

We loved this book, have read over again. Jamie loved to guess the animals.

I love this book! I like the monkey the most.

We shared this book at the local library rhyme time 😊

We were given this book when Jess was born and she loves it! From lifting the flaps to making the sounds of the animals, it is an interactive book perfect for all ages.

This is an awesome book! My daughter fell in love instantly with this book, the first lift flap book she read, and now she is addicted to all lift the flap books. Such a simple story and a delight for my little one. Thank you, Rod Campbell!

Very fun book to read with your child.

When my 4-year-old was at nursery this was his favourite book. He always joined in by saying most of the words, even though he couldnt read them, he remembered them as we read it so much.

We received the small cardboard interactive lift the flaps version of this book in one of the early Bookstart packs. It immediately became a firm favourite for my son and still gets picked up weekly at 2 years old. At first it was always a surprise what the zoo would send next and he enjoyed lifting he flaps himself to find out. He then went through a stage where he would guess the animal and then open the flap. Now he enjoys calling out the animal as we read and making the sounds that the...

Brilliant book. Both my boys engaged with it very early on as babies. Loved making animal sounds. Very well made - pretty much indestructable.

Excellent book

Lovely book, lots of fun lifting the flaps and discovering what animals the zoo sent!

My older three have adored this book and I can't wait to start reading it with Sofia.

Our favourite book! We like to make the animal sounds too while we're reading it :)

Great book to start with. My little one loves lifting the flaps.

Given as a gift and one of my ten-week-olds first books! Great clear pictures with bright colours, I can see him enjoying this one for years as he grows and changes!

Esmae loves this book, lifting the flaps up to see what is underneath them.

Fun lifting the flaps and making the animal noises.

Nancy loves this book, and it's a firm favourite at bedtime!! She never tires of lifting the flaps and giggling when she sees what is underneath.

My daughter loves this book, especially the grumpy camel, she loves pulling a grumpy face when she lifts the flaps.

This has been a firm favourite since he was about 4 months old. He quickly learned to lift the flaps and began to anticipate which animal would be there. A magical moment to share.

My daughter loves this book, she can open the flaps herself and loves making the animal noises.

My 11-month-old loves this book, she has been turning pages for a while but now sits and plays with the flaps as well, I think trying to play peek-a-boo with the animals! She even tries to mimic my husband making all the animal noises.

Grandparents bought this book and loves seeing all the different animals.

My 9-month-old daugher loves this book! I like the way that the pages are plain white so the focus is on the flap/the animal hidden underneath. I'm sure this book will be in our collection for a long time.

My little boy loves seeing the different animals in the book. Loves making the sounds of the animals too.

Absolutely loved by my 1-year-old - favourite book yet!

I love this book. This book brings back so many memories. My daughter loves the flaps.

My 8-month-old loves this book. She can lift the flaps herself and loves it! Good for daytime reading as it's interactive.

We have enjoyed reading this book since my LO was very very little as the flaps are much more sturdy than some other books and didn't get pulled out! My only criticism is I'm not a fan of some of the reasons for sending the animals away but I think that it will spark good discussion later on!

Love the book, great pictures for babies to look at.

Helen loves to lift the flaps, she knows exactly where they are. This is by far her favourite book, she picks this one all the time. A short read too, which is great, especially for younger children with short attention spans.

My little boy loves this book!! Especially when I make the animal noises, he squeals with delight!

Love this book, made him laugh doing different animal noises 😀

This is one of the first books shared with my son as he loved lifting the flaps to see what was hiding. This is good for encouraging interaction.

My son is nearly 2 and absolutely loves this book, being able to flip up the lids and see the different animals.

My little boy loved listening to me reading this book from a young baby and now older joins in with the "Dear Zoo" part and lifting the flaps to see the animals. One of his favourites!

Me and my children love this book.

Another classic which my son loves. From lifting the flaps to making monkey noises.

Love the pull-down flaps, we make the animal noises for each one

Luca loves Dear Zoo, especially playing hide and seek with the animals. At only 8 months old, he is already attempting to pull the flaps himself to discover the animals. He likes it when mummy makes the noises of the animals. Definitely one of his favourites and mummy's too.

This is a lovely interactive book with flaps and tests fine motor skills! We read it all the time, my little ones favorite book!

My 10 month old got this book for christmas with the lil lion teddy and absolutly loves reading it and finding the animals hiding

Great story with colourful pictures allowing child to get involved with opening flaps to discover the animals hidden behind. One of our favourite books.

I loved this book when I was little and I had to get it for my baby too. I love the pop-ups and the humour.

My son loved this book and loved seeing all the pictures of the animals.

Although my son is still too young to interact, I love reading this to him, making animal noises as I go along. Seeing his smile makes reading to him so enjoyable. I hope he'll gain a love for books just like I do, especially reading the same stories I did as a child.

Wonderful book.I and Snehil enjoys reading it.

Very nice book

I have a pop up one and all my brothers and sisters love it.

My 21 month old loves books and is surrounded with animal lovers especially her auntie who works at a zoo. She even does the animal sounds, impressions and BSL.

One of my son's very favourite books - and he has quite a lot! This is certainly one of the best turn-the-flap books I've seen for young children.

One of our fav books, great fun!

Our 11 month old loves this book. She might not understand the words yet but enjoys lifting the flaps and has a fascination with animals at this young age so it's perfect!

My son is 2 years and 2 months. He loves this book when we unfold each animal. He like to guess the animals.

good book

Liliana loved to discover which animals were underneath!

My son loved the repetition of the book and liked looking at the animals beneath the flaps. I enjoyed reading this book to my son.

I sat and read with mummy and my cousin

Mummy and daddy read this to me regularly, I think it's great!

It's a classic and baby J loves the pictures and looking under the flaps

Lovely book pictures to match a true classic

My six month old son loves this book! He's worked out how to open all the flaps himself and loves looking at the animals behind. His favourite is the lion - luckily the book is very strong and can withstand his excitement or it wouldn't have a cage any more!

My little one loves lift the flap books so this is perfect! She loves making animal noises! We also have the Christmas version "Dear Santa" which is a lovely seasonal variation!

My son loves this book, he goes around telling everyone about it even when we do not have the book with us.

Ishaan feels so good to see animals opening the flap and tell me who it is in excitement!

I remember reading this when I was little, so I loved it even more reading this to my 2 year old. Making all the animal noises as well to make her giggle.

My littles ones first favorite book. He loved lifting the flaps and making the noise

We love this book, my little girl lifts the flaps now! This book will help with her learn animal names and sounds it's great.

My daughter loves this book!

It's a great book for little ones. They know the words by heart after few reads.

We love this book and create all the animal sounds ☺️

This is Thomas's favourite book, we read this together daily. Thomas loves to lift the flaps to discover which animal is there and listen to me make the noises

Great to do with sign language and imitate the characters from the book. Enjoyed it very much

My son loves to lift the flaps and find out what animal is hiding underneath

My 16 month old loves this book.. he gets so excited when we read it opening the flaps.. we now try and make the animal noise too.

My son loves a lift the flap book. This classic story is interactive and encourages naming animals and noises. It has a good story line and my son was pleased with the ending and the perfect puppy.

My little boy loved this book. He loved lifting the flaps to see what animal was underneath. He also liked making the sounds of each animal.

She is only sixteen months old. But loves this book, has been read lots of times

faye really enjoys opening the flaps and seeing all the animals her fave is the lion fun book :)

My 11 month old loves Dear Zoo and enjoys opening all of the flaps and waiting for me to say the animal name and make the noise. He often closes the flap and reopens it a few times so that he can hear them again! We took this book on holiday and it kept him happy on the train, at the house, everywhere!

Great baby loved uncovering the animals

loved it

Great flip book. The children can have fun trying to guess which animal is under the flap. It has a sentence that repeats itself and as your child gets old he may join in reading it. It good way for them to learn animal sounds as well. This may be an ideal first book for them to learn to read.

My stepson has this book loves it

Good book

I have read this story to my daughter Amber and she loves it. Trying to turn the pages for me and lift up the doors to reveal the zoo animals playing peek a boo.

This was my favorite book last year!!!

We must read this book at least once a day. My 14m old loves to lift the flaps and make gestures such as big, scary, jumpy etc... In fact her first animal noise was when we were looking at the lion. She can now 'read' it to herself with lots of 'expression'. I can think of many months of different activities and fun with this book.

my son loves to lift the flaps and plays peek-a-boo with the animals

My daughter loves reading this book, it's one of her favourites she loves to join in, making the animal noises and telling me to send the animals back!

Easily one of our family favorites!

My lol girl got this for her first birthday and loves going threw the pages and lifting the flaps to see what's behind each one

Great book

My lo loves it

This book will always hold special memories for us. The girls loved it from a very young age.

BRILLIANT BOOK MY SON LOVES THE ANIMALS AND OPENING EACH FLIP UP.

Both my kids love this book. My son is 16 months old can find the animals under the flaps also can do the monkey and dog sounds

Toby loves having this book read to him especially lifting up the flaps to see which animals have been sent from the zoo

This is one of my 8 months baby boy favourite books. He has a book to read at home and a buggy one to take with him everywhere he goes. Just brilliant! :-)

the book was very nice for my little sister oh my god it is a mircle

This is a consistent favourite at bedtime - or anytime! The flaps help engage my little boy as we read and he loves calling to the animals and making noises. Lovely illustrations and a fuss-free, charming story. A proper classic!

A simple book, perfect for babies and young children, I cannot wait until we can make lifting the flaps a game, making the book much more exciting and enjoyable for BabyBelle

This book is an important part of our bedtime routine. My lo loves making animal sounds to this book.

A lovely book. My baby is only 9 months and her face lights up when we read this. We have the touch and feel version and she loves feeling the different textures.

Liked this book because of the flaps.

We loved reading this with the flaps for him to lift and making the animal noises through the book and having to invent some noises too

Rory loves this book he loves the flaps and he likes to make the animal sounds

my little girl is 18 months and she has only had this book today and she loves it she loves opening the flaps to see the animals

This was one of the first books we read to our daughter and she thoroughly enjoys it, big smiles when she looks under the flaps and giggles at the animal noises we make.

Great book, Emma gets really excited when we read this book especially at the end when I say they sent a dog and we kept her and point to our dog. Emma let's out a squeal!

Teaches about different animals and their homes. My daughter loves the surprise under the flaps and I like her being able to interact with the story. Well loved book.

We've got the texture version of this book and our son loves it. Great colour pictures and simple short sentences to read.

My daughter loves this book, she loves opening all the flaps and then making the noise of the animal

My son really loves this book it's one of his favourites

Eva loves this book! She asks for it over and over and can almost read it to herself by memory.

My son loves this book has he enjoys lifting the flaps to see the animals. Good book for interaction and i remember it from when i was a child.

Baby Morgan aged 8weeks old, loves this book as I lift the flaps and show him the animals underneath.

We love reading this book and lifting the flaps to see what different animals there are... one book that has to be read time & time again

My little one loves this book! We must read it 3 or 4 times every day!

My daughter enjoy reading this book, she specially enjoy the pop up pages and naming the animals.

Both my children love this book. We love making the animal noises when we lift each flap.

Brought this for a friend

One of our favourites - very simple and repetitive. perfect for toddlers - although I have had to buy several copies over the years as the flaps don't withstand lots and lots of use by unsupervised toddlers and it is important that they are allowed to use the flaps themselves!

My little loves it when we read it together, especially when we lift up the flaps and reveal the little animals. Brings back a lot of memories~

My daughter loves looking at the colourful pictures and smiles every time I read it to her.. very good book

My 15 month daughter really enjoys this book. She loves lifting up the flaps to see what is behind it. I would definitely recommend this book.

Ava Rose loves this book! She enjoys lifting up the flaps and finding the animals.

Riley loves this book and anticipates what is coming next!

My son absolutely loves this book, it's the first one points to for us to read. He loves lifting the flaps, he's read it so much we need to get a new one as they are getting a little tatty!

Eliza's favourite book!

A lovely book which is simple to understand and they can guess what's hiding

Fantastic book that my little girl has enjoyed since she could focus, we have the touch & feel version it's great!

My little girl has loved this book since she was born!!!.. She's now 14 months, She makes all the animal sounds and signs them too!! She always brings to me out of her basket of books :)

Clear, simple and fun my toddler loves lifting the flaps and making the noise of the animals. His favourite book by far :)

My daughter and son love this book they both got one each. One big and small book which is excellent

Borrow from nursery. My nearly 3 year old son wanted me to read it to him every night for the week that we had the book. By the end of the week he was telling me and other family members the story.

Fantastic story, was bought for my son Christmas 2012 and it is still a firm favourite!

Love this book, enjoyed finding out what had been sent next.

This book is delightfull if you have little kids .

My daughter adores this book, I read it to hear everyday and she loves the pictures.

Lovely book My baby love this book she read this book again again.

my 1 year old daughter loves this book

Good!!

Me and Jack love this story and we both get very excited lifting the flaps too see whos hiding.

My daughter was recently asked what her favourite children's book was and with no hesitation she said "Dear Zoo" which her elder brother had also loved. By the way she is nearly 16 and her brother is now 20 and currently at uni!. As a footnote her much older mother never tired of waiting for her little listener to say "too ....."

My daughter now knows what's behind each door, so shouts out the answer before I've had chance to open the flap. Good book to read and helps children to learn the different animal names.

My daughter loves this book: it is a regular feature at library visits, nursery and toddler group.

My little girl loved this book the flaps to lift & the noises I made to bring the book to life she loves the colourful pages so I went out & bought this book for her to keep

We borrowed this book from the library after we went to the zoo and it was nice go over the animals we saw. Even though she is 2 my little girl loves books we always borrow 8 books and she gets trough them so fast she loves them.

My daughter loves lifting the flaps to see which animal comes next.

My little girl enjoys this book trying to lift the flaps and smiles at the animals. Interacts when making animal sounds.

There is something enchanting about this book! When my son was first given it at 7 months old, he loved looking at the animals. Now at 10 months old, his face lights up when he just sees the book and he loves opening the flaps (after originally tugging them, he now knows how to carefully open them!) A must have book for all little ones.... And their parents! :)

A birthday present on Finleys 1st birthday he loves this book :)

Every night before bed we read and usually dear zoo is in the many we read! Teddy loves to open the flaps and see what animals inside and makes their noise and often tells me about the times he saw these animals. I remember this when I was younger. Great book. Not too long as my little one can lose interest quickly!

My daughter loves this book. We often read it together and she loves looking under the flaps.

I read this as a child and love reading it to my son. He had this book before he was even born, n now has the buggy version. He loves lifting the flaps (almost tearing them off) and has just started to say dog when we get to the final page.

Daisy loves this book and makes the noises of the animals roaring when we open the door on lion etc brilliant book

My daughter loved to hear the animal noises as we came across each in turn, a great opportunity to practice some makaton signs too.

My 2 yrs daughter Meenal loves this book. She feels so fun looking into each animal by moving the flaps and is more excited making animal sounds.

Charlie is 11 months and has read this book with me many times! He now turns the flaps and pages by himself and gets excited when I ask him what animal the zoo has sent. Couldn't be a better book to share with your baby or toddler.

My little 7 month old girl gets very excited when I read this book to her and turns the pages

A gift from a friend, and gets smiles every time we read it

A classic! Babies love to lift the flaps and see the animals underneath!

My little boy loves this book. He loves lifting the flaps and laughs at my attempt to make animal noises. He's a year old and always grabs for this book. Even as a grown up I love this book as well.

This is my daughters all time favourite book. She always brings it to us to be ready over and over again and she loves lifting the flaps and the different animals

My 17 month old son has the noisy book and loves to lift the flaps then press the animal noise that matches the pictures :)

We love this book it's simple but teaches my little boy his animals and their sounds

We read this together and it's great fun lifting the flaps to see who's underneath

My boy loves lifting the flaps and makes roaring noises, its helping teach him animals and is 1 of our faves!

My one year old daughter loved this book , she likes to turn the pages to see which animal is next .

My son loved this book. He loved lifting the flaps and seeing the different animals behind each flap. He particularly enjoys when I make the animal noises.

Emily loves this book. She is starting to know which sequence the animals come in. She will go to her favourite pages which is the monkey and puppy

Brilliant children's classic that my 11 month old son thoroughly enjoys. He loves lifting the flaps & when we make the sounds of all the animals.

My little boy loves this book he adores lifting the flaps and feeling the different textures.

Great book my 5 month old enjoys lifting the flaps and turning the pages

I bought this book for my daughter - she loves the flaps and lifts each one making a noise for every animal... except the giraffe! She shouts 'SIT, DADDY' and pats the seat next to her, and gives him this book to read.

This is one my daughters favourite books. She joins in with I sent it back and gets very excited

Both baby and i love this book. He listens to the sounds and giggles. We added our own version of what happens after we keep the puppy at the end of the book. Things like i take him for a walk, i play catch with him and i feed him some milk and treats. This book will definately bring you and baby close as you share story time. It's good for developing social skills.

ive read this to my son loads of times and he enjoys it each and every time

My 18 month old is only just interested in this book, but, she absolutely loves it. She identifies the lion is in the cat family by making the noise she makes for cats and also calls it jazzie (our cat). It helps her to identify the animals and is a great book to read together! She always looks surprised when we lift the flaps.

Evie and I love this book, I have started to ask her questions like where's the snake etc and she finds the right pages. This was one of her first books as we had the small buggy version..... We love it

Brilliant book, we've been reading this from 3 months, my daughters favorite book, it definetly grows with your child, from turning pages, lifting flaps, now (18mths) we do the sounds and are learning the animal names.

My 5 month old loves this book, especially when I make the animal noises!

My 11 month old loves lifting the flaps and can't turn the pages quick enough to get to the next one. As soon as the book is finished she pushes it into my hands to start all over again!

Great book, got this when Jack was about 6 months old and he loves lifting all the flaps to see whats underneath, roaring at the lion and hissing at the snake. He still enjoys it months later.

I like this book because i like all the animals that come from the zoo.

Dear Zoo I like dear zoo because i read it to my 23 month sister and she likes lifting the flaps and makes the noises.

One of my favourites from me being young and now ty loves it too he loves lifting the flaps and babbling at the pictures!

You can't go wrong with this book, it's a classic

Rubee loves opening the flaps and saying woof, and roar

Chloe loves animals and knows them all well

My 9 month old loves any book with flaps, but when I start reading this one she waves her arms up and down and gets very excited! She enjoys the animal noises I make too. Would recommend.

I enjoy reading the book

he loves the book

My daughter loved this book, she was fixed on all the pictures. and was fascinated when I opened the flaps =)

We like this book it's a favourite for Sofia she like the animals.

This is by far one of the favourites of all the children in one of our playgroups. My little boy loves to see what's underneath the flaps.

My little girl loves this book. It was one of the first books I bought for her. She loves the pictures and flaps, and it manages to hold her attention. Simply a classic that was loved by me and now my daughter.

We have the soundbook versin of this and my 7 month old Daughter squeals in delight when I read it with her. I would recommend this book to everyone as it is a lovely book to share

Great book to read with my 4 month old. Fun to lift up the boxes to see which animals were inside. Look forward to reading this again and again!

Max loves looking at the animals in this book. We read it over and over again.

My daughter and I have enjoyed this book together she received it as a gift for her first birthday and still loves it now shes nearly three.

My son loves this book! We share this story every bedtime. The wording and illustrations are perfect for toddlers, especially with the little flaps. My son also loves 'Dear Santa' by Rod Campbell which we read all year round! I think Rod Campbell books are a MUST on every baby's/toddlers book shelf.

brilliant short story book to read at bedtime, it's a great learning experience for both you and your child, noisy you make and then listening to your child make the same sound along with teaching your child what names the animals.

Harry loves this book the frog is his favourite he laughs when you lift the flap and it jumps out of its box

My 2 year old is keen to read this book all the time. Loves to listen the actions that the animals do. He also loves to touch and feel the textures of their body. All in all a good book to share !

We read this book together at the library and had fun making the animal noises of the ones in the book.

I got this book for my daughter because I remembered it being in the house when I was younger. She loves it when her daddy changes his voice for each animal and trying to lift the flaps (not quite there yet!) A lovely book for exploring size, sounds and repetition.

Really enjoys lifting the flaps and hearing all the animal noises. We do baby sign language and this is a great one to do the animals with. Great fun.

My son loves this book I brought him the pop up one and he just loves pulling the doors and things open looks surprised everytime x

brilliant book,my granny Phil used to read this to me,when i was little,so it's a great reminder of her,and such fun to read and pass on the memories and laughter to my daughter: she loves lifting the flaps and playing hedi-boo with the zoo animals,

My four month old son loves this book and gets really excited when I read it with him. I make all the animal noises as we turn the pages and he wiggles his little body with delight particularly the monkey, lion and elephant.

I loved this a child myself and now my 15 month twin boys are enjoying. They love to lift the flaps to see what underneath. Brilliant book.

this book was givern by school from book club and both my children love the bit when they sent the giraffe back and still love reading this them selfs now

My older son who is 5 now used this book and loved it as it helped him with identifying animals. My younger son is now using it too and he is 2 going to 3.He carries it everywhere and its almost torn. Really good book!

My 10 month old is still loving this book - we got him it when he was 2 months old. Amazing to now see him now able to lift he flaps and am sure he knows the animals. A lovely book and a must for the book box/shelf.

One of my daughters favourite books, she smiles when I pick it from our pile of books and can't wait to turn the pages and always grabs for the flaps. Mummy always makes the animal noises which make her squeal with delight every time!

I bought this book to read to my son when he was 3 months. He gives me a big smile every time I take it out and loves turning the flaps! It was recommended by a friend and I would definitely recommend it.

My 12 month old loves this book and often gets it off the shelf to 'read' it and lift the flaps himself

This is a lovely book to read- so simple, and really interactive- with flaps and noises you can make- its great!

My son likes to lift the flaps in this book and he enjoys practising his animal sounds when he sees them underneath. He is 20 months old so the flaps take quite a battering when he tries to pull them off but he always enjoys looking at it.

Great timeless book I shared this book with my eldest son (who is now 16) & now with my baby son (now 21 months). He adores this book. We started reading this book from around 12 months old & he returns to it several times a day, loves lifting the chunky, flaps to find the animals & make the noises. A classic, enjoyable, interactive book. 10/10

One of our favourite books, its a real classic! A definite recommendation for any child.

A fantastic book that my son has loved from 3 months. We read it every night and loves pulling down the flaps. The book app for the iPad is great fun too. I'd definitely recommend this to any parent. Dear Santa by Rod Campbell is also another must!

This is by far Lucy's favourite books. She is nearly 10 months now but has loved it for months. She LOVES to lift the flaps and see the animals. We have now bought her own copy after borrowing it from the library many times. She has not tired of it even now it's a constant addition to her book collection.

My little boy loves this book we had borrowed the anniversary one from the library which has big thick pages to turn.

My 10 month old daughter loves this book, we have got the copy with the different animal sounds. She sits and listens over and over again.

My little girl loves this book, she stares at each animal with wide eyes and the pages are very easy for her to turn. She loves the bright colours too.

My daughter's favourite book. She opens all the flaps and repeats giraffe and elephant after me. For some reason she always tries to eat the frog!

We have a giant size copy of this book and we've loved reading it together and lifting the flaps. It's even been on a visit to nursery to be shared with the class. brilliant

i read this book with three young parents after a lovely tea with thier children in a sure start centre. each parent enjoyed the story with their children they borrowed a copy from our library that we have created in the sure start centre. The parents will keep the book for two weeks and read it to their lovely children and then tell me how they got on with encouraging their children to enjoy and have fun reading at home with them.

my baby loves looking at the pictures :) we red it after bath time

my auntie bought this for Harry last Christmas and he loves finding the animals under the flaps

My daughter received this book as a christmas present and what a great gift it is. we read it everyday! and love doing so. she enjoys turning the pages, lifting the flaps and pressing the buttons to hear the animal noises - a fun book but also a great learning tool.

My 10 month old daughter loves this book...she lifts the flaps and makes a noise for each animal!

My 3 year old loves this and has done since since she was one, knows the words of by heart now and loves opening the flaps to reveal the animal, I would highly recommend this book.

Freya gets so excited lifting all the flaps to see what's underneath. We also do all the noises together!

My 17 month old loves this book as he can move the flaps, its one of the few books he'll sit and read as he quickly gets bored but this book keeps his attention, his 4 year old brother loved it when he was younger to and will still sit and read it with us, I think I read it too when I was younger and I'm 23 and it's still a favourite :)

Classic lift the flap - brilliant

A family favourite. Our two-year-old loves to hear this over and over. We finish, only for him to announce, "Again!". He especially loves the flaps. We make a little game of reading it. So much fun!

A charming book which my son loves. I would definitely recommend to anyone for their child. A firm favourite with lots of lovely interaction through the flaps.

My girl loves this book.The guessing makes it sweet for kids.Very intelligently designed and a must read atleast once for kids.

Another great lift-the-flap book.

My 8 month old loved this book, we got it free with bookstart pack. He loved bagging on it but also loved lookin at the pictures

A firm favourite in our house

Lovely book. My little girl has loved this book loads and she still does at 22 months old. She turns the flaps and has great fun and lots of giggles making the animal noises :-)

My child loves lifting the flaps and signing the names of the different animals (we know BSL)....I can certainly say this is one of his favourite books at the moment -well he has stages haha :) Technically I can read this book over and over and over again, till he literally asks me not to read it anymore!! He's 17months

I love teasing sophie with what could be behind each flap and she gets so excited when we open them and see.

A fantasic book which Rufus thoroughly enjoys. He is always eager to lift the flaps and it has helped him to identify animals and the sounds that they make. It makes my heart melt when I see my little boy sat reading this book on his own, watching him doing animal actions and listening to him making the sounds of the animals :0)

My 9 month old loves this book. She loves all the colours and the story makes her giggle.

My daughter LOVES this, we own two copies; one for the grandparents house, it has to be read EVERY DAY AT LEAST TWICE!

an absolute favourite! a beautiful combination of two great things; making animals noises & pop-ups!

Brilliant book! read this so regular that I know it of by heart. My daughter cant wait to open the flaps on each page, when she sees whats behind the flap she lets out a bust of laughter. I love reading this book to her just to see her so happy.

My daughter loves this book, she has just started to make the animal sounds when she turns over the flaps on each page.

A book loved by my little one since he was just a few months old. At 14 months he still digs it out and enjoys 'roaring' when he gets to the lion. Pleased to report that some of the flaps remain in tact.

I got this book for my daughter's 1st birthday and 4 months later she still reads the book every single day - she really loves lifting the flaps and making animal noises! Excellent book to get babies and toddlers interested in reading.

My son is 22 months and has loved this book since about 6 months. He gets so excited when he opens the flaps and makes all the animals noises. We saw that there is a counting book along these lines by Rod Campbell and are getting it soon. Dear Zoo is a must.

I found this book when my daughter was 18 months old - she loved looking behind all the different flaps, and has bored guests silly by asking each of them in turn to read it to her (again and again).

my little boy LOVES this story, he starts making the animal sounds as soon as I pick it up, we also have the interactive dar zoo sound book too, which he loves as he can press the buttons for each animal sound. loves opening the flaps to discover each animal and the anticipation on his face is a joy to see :-)

i've read it to my daughter and also read it loads of times to my friends daughter to they both enjoy lifting the flaps

my 2 year old daughter loves this book, she had it a week ago. she loves animals and listening to me make the sound when she lifts the flaps open. we have read it over and over so many times i know the book off by heart now. would recommend to others will have a great time reading this just like we do

She loves lifting the flaps x She can recognise a few animals x

Its a fantastic book. My son has always enjoyed reading this book. He loves to lift the flaps and enjoys talking about the animals.we can read this book any number of times. will introduce this book to my little girl who is 3 months old now, when she grows up

Brilliant!

I've read this book to my 5 month old daughter so many times I now know it by heart! I'm sure as she grows it will help her to learn the different animals and their characteristics. It would be nice if the name of each animal was written in the book to help with reading in later years but I suppose the fun is in the guessing!

This is one of my 8-month-old's favourites! He has learned to open the flaps to find the animals, and we have fun seeing all the animals the zoo sent before finding the lovely surprise at the end.

loves this book loves to look at the animals

My daughter adores this book! She lifts the flaps in excitement, and we make the sounds of the animals! Her favourites are the monkey and the puppy at the end! Nice illustrations too.

My one year old loves this book. She makes all the animal noises. I enjoy reading to her.

my 2 year old daughter loves this book, she loves animals now. I let her open the flaps then we make the noise together. we have read it over and over now she nows why they were sent back. great book!!

My baby really enjoyed this book, he learnt where each flap was pretty quickly, and when I said "so they sent me a..." he'd give me a massive grin and proceed to open the flaps. Lovely book.

I bought this book for Samuel and Amy for Christmas, and it's Amy's favourite ! She likes opening the flaps, to see what's inside, and i've read it so many times, I know it off by heart !

We recently read this to our 10 month old daughter and she loves it. She really enjoys lifting the flaps to see what animals are underneath and even roars when she sees the lion. Great book.

i read this to my son at 16 weeks old he seemed to like it he watched all the way through and loved it when i lifted the flaps. we both enjoyed story time with this book i would reconmend you get it for your baby.

I really think this book is great from birth, my daughter loves when I make the animal noises and pull silly faces! We have both the cardboard and noisy book. She's still about scared of the lion noise but loves the rest!!

My daughter has had this book since she was 12 months old and enjoys lifting the flaps herself to reveal the different animals. It's a book you never tire from reading again and again.

We sat and read this book together opening the flaps and making the animals sounds.

We read this together after bath time and he loves it.

I really liked this book, my son and I read it at nap time and he loves to lift up the flaps, we also talk about what animals we can see behind the flaps. Its great x

Samuel loves the noises we make for the different animals, he laughs at this book everytime.

This book was read to us on our Baby Signing course. I now want to buy it for my little boy. The repetition is lovely & I know as he gets older he'll enjoy guessing which animal comes next, making the animal noises & lifting the flaps.

Simple story with lovely pictures. My son liked waiting for the flaps to be revealed. A great recommended read.

My daughter has read and read this book since age 1 and still pick it up an read through by herself. We had to buy a second copy as the first was pull apart.

My son loves this book so much he also has a mini version for his buggie. A timeless book also remember myself growing up!

My son really loves this book it really helped him learn more about the world of animals

It's basically a fantastic book. Matt loves reading it and making the animal noises. It is just fantastic

My son loves this book and can't wait to get involved lifting up the flaps and he even makes the sounds before! Lovely fun book

I read this book as a child and as soon as i found out that i was expecting my first, it was one of my first and favourite purchases. Kai absolutely adores this book. He learnt all his favourite animals from this book. He just cries with laughter when you lift up the flaps and reveal the animals...especially with the added animal noises by mummy. His favourite book by far!

Ethan loved lifting the flaps even at 12 months.

Great book, my daughter has enjoyed it almost daily, from 12 months until now at 22 months. It's been great for teaching her her animals, and she loves lifting the flaps. The puppy is her favourite. Have also taught her the animals in her 2nd language!!

Both of my girls love this book. Mya, who is 2 likes to make all of the noises!! Layla who is 4 like to try and read it by herself.

My daughter loves the flaps on this book and often picks up this book herself and looks at it

Our daughter loves this book and never tires of lifting the flaps and making animal noises. So simple, yet brilliant.

Fab book for interaction and excitement

11 month Kai loves lifting the flaps on this book and loves hearing the sounds each animal makes.

We shared this book when my son was 19 months and he is now hooked on 'raise the flap' books. Just amazing.

My son loves this book. It was one of his first books and he loves lifting the flaps and making lion and monkey noises!

This was Alex's first book and 2 years after first reading it he still loves it.

I bought this book for my son before he was even born, as it was bought for me when I was little too. He's only 7 months old, but squeals when I lift each flap for him and can turn the pages himself. I love that I'm able to share the enjoyment I had as a child with him. Fantastic book!

Our son had this for his first birthday and it was the most 'played with toy' all day. He loves to 'read' this book, and we don't tire of reading to him :)

We love this book, my lil one made a similar version in his Language and Play classes and just loves to open the flaps to see what animal is next!

Lovely story keeping my 17 month old son's interest and attention.

My 20 month old son loves lifting the flaps to see the animals and making their noises. He is always frightened of the lion and shuts his eyes saying No!

Very good, simple and colourful – kept katie interested looking behind various flaps. Has been a favourite and stays in the car which always helps on long journeys. It has also helped with Katie learning her animals and sounds.

I wanted to start a routine to get my baby to take naps in the day and to get her to sleep at night. Part of this was to read her a book before her sleep. A friend gave me Dear Zoo and we now have that both at nap times and at bedtime. My daughter gets excited when she sees it and now opens the flaps and turns the pages (she is now 8-and-a-half months old). I once tried to miss the book from her routine and there were many tears!

I wanted to start a routine to get my baby to take naps in the day and to get her to sleep at night. Part of this was to read her a book before her sleep. A friend gave me Dear Zoo and we now have that both at nap times and at bedtime. My daughter gets excited when she sees it and now opens the flaps and turns the pages (she is now 8-and-a-half months old). I once tried to miss the book from her routine and there were many tears!

we think that this is a very good book to read because, we like to learn from childrens books. this has helped many of children develop there intellectual development.

We have to read Dear Zoo every bed time, so much so that my two year old can now 'read' it to me. Love the story and the joining in flaps!

We have to read Dear Zoo every bed time, so much so that my two year old can now 'read' it to me. Love the story and the joining in flaps!

Dear Zoo is fantastic and has been much loved by our three children. There are loads of great picture books out there though!

Dear Zoo is fantastic and has been much loved by our three children. There are loads of great picture books out there though!

My 20 month old daughter enjoys lifting the flaps and making some of the animal noises!

My 20 month old daughter enjoys lifting the flaps and making some of the animal noises!

Dear Zoo is read eight times a day and my daughter knows the books inside out now and can join in with me. The two books I received in my Bookstart pack are fantastic and my baby daughter thoroughly enjoyed them.

Dear Zoo is read eight times a day and my daughter knows the books inside out now and can join in with me. The two books I received in my Bookstart pack are fantastic and my baby daughter thoroughly enjoyed them.