#25: Zookeepers

Title: Zookeepers

Author: Sarah Tieck

Illustrator: Not Available

Publishing Company: Big Buddy Books

Copyright Date: 2012

# of pages: 32

Genre/category: Nonfiction

 

I used this book for one of my lesson and I thought it was a very good book. The book Zookeepers tells about all the different things that a zookeeper does.  It talks about the different animals that you would see in a zoo.They help to take care of the animals and make sure they are fed. When the animals are sick, they help get them well by giving them medicine. A zookeeper also cleans the animals and even brushes their teeth. Near the end of the book it also provides a description of what the first zoo was like.

The illustrations in this book are actual pictures that are taken at a zoo. They help to give a visual descriptions of the many things that zookeepers do. The author wrote words that go with each picture so that we know exactly what the zookeeper is doing. Most of the words are on one side of the page and the pictures are on the other.

This book would be great to use with children of all ages. This book would be good to use in a lesson when you are talking about the authors purpose for writing.  The teacher can let the kids know that there are three reasons an author writes. This book can also be used when talking about different jobs.  It can also be used when talking about what the kids want to be when they grow up. This book has not won any awards.