The Lighting of the Tree at the V Zoo Party 2009

Good morning, Zebee here. Boy! Did we have a great tree lighting party! So many of my boss Joy’s author friends came it was amazing. Many of them brought along their characters too. Let’s see how many we can remember.

Elysabeth Eldering came. She brought along Matt, Guy and Mary Beth, her Junior Geography detectives. They were searching for clues for one of her books.

Lea Schizas was there. Bubba and Giganto were with her. They sure are nice boys and good soccer players. We had a game between the story characters and all of us here at the V Zoo. We lost, but we vowed to have a rematch next year and win. We need a coach. Any volunteers?

Oh, and Bill Kirk came and brought along Ari. We all watched were we stepped so we wouldn’t crush him. He’s really a cool spider.

When Vivian Zabel arrived with Buddy, some of the characters wanted him to teach them how to rope Prairie dogs. Since the closest thing we have to that here at the V Zoo are the meerkats, that just wouldn’t work. Instead he showed them how to rope a fence poll.

Che Dee was there with Odo, the time children, Mashu, Cassie and the Tulies.

Mary Jean Kelso brought along Andy and Spirit. Spirit is a beautiful horse and Andy is amazing the way he can ride.

Dayna Hilton and Sparkles came. Sparkles had us all on our knees again. This time even I could do it. I’ve been practicing.

Rachelle Burk was there with Kenny and Allison. We all wanted to hear about living in a tree house. I’d like to climb up in a tree house someday.

Rena Jones and Dilly came. So did Shari Lyle-Soffe along with Aaron and Horace. Mayra Calvani and Humberto read us some of Humberto’s favorite books. Hugo also showed up with Elizabeth Dulemba with soap for everyone.

I’m sure I forgot some of the authors and their characters. The place was packed and we had a fun time.

Who got to put the star on top of the tree this year? Billy. He climbed up Star’s neck and placed it, very carefully, on the top branch.
Got to go, I need to finish making my gifts. We are all making things for each other this year.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Book Review: A New Job for Dilly by Rena Jones

Good morning Bloggerville fans. Zebee here and today I have a really fun book to share with you. When our boss Joy read this one to us, we all started thinking about what kinds of jobs we could do.

Okay, so here's what she has to say:

Dilly is a rat. A rat who loves sour pickles. They are his most favorite food in the whole world. He picks one up off the floor of a deli and gets chased by a man who calls him a theif. Dilly is tired of being chased and called a thief so he decides to get a job.

Dilly searches and finds jobs that take him trough the alphabet. He tries being a clown, a housekeeper, and optician and every other letter of the alphabet. Will Dilly find his perfect job? You'll need to read the story to find out.

Lisa Oakman's illustrations are lively and cute. You feel like you're right there with Dilly at every job he tries. Together Rena and Lisa have created a story that will delight children of all ages.

Where can you buy this book?

4RV Publishing

We here at the V Zoo came up with jobs we could do. Here's our list:

Zebee: I think I'll keep the jobs I have as Mascot and roving reporter.

Mori: I could be an Ear Nose and Throat doctor.

Elvis: I will be a spy and fly places to see what's going on and report back to headquarters.

Star: I can be a movie star and travel the world acting.

Billy: I want to be an acrobat.

Lenny: I will be a hunter and hunt at night.

As you can see, we all came up with ideas of what kinds of jobs we can do. How about you. Do you know what you want to do when you grow up? Please share, we love to hear from you.

Bye for today, see you back here Sunday with more zoo news.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Laughing Zebra – Books for Children
Fun ways to help children learn
Books Go Beyond Reading