This is an adorable book. Great for a classroom the illustrations go well with the words. Any child should be able to get through it

As I am myself part of a (very) multi-lingual family, I was glad to read this story to my son. The book has a good story, with a bit of action and a problem, which require a smart way to be solved, and pleasant illustrations. It encourages brilliantly parents and children to acknowledge diversity both in terms of language, religion and appearances. Maybe this is why Isabella the adventurous girl who saved Kiki the chicken from the giraffe´s den had found such a smart way to solve the crisis? Because living in a world of diversity raises the stakes for better problem-solving skills, among other things?

This is a lovely little story. I love how there’s a mix of male and female character, including people from different countries and backgrounds. Diversity in children’s books is so important so it’s great to see this. The illustrations are also wonderful, showing even more diversity and representing the world around us. A great story giving children the chance to see people from all walks of life and learn a few words from other languages too.

This was a really cute and fun read. The illustrations are done well, and they are so aesthetically pleasing/appealing to the eye. I liked the story, and the writing is good. I really like it because it's such a normal thing. It's a story about a family going to the zoo, and having fun. It's something fun that kids to enjoy seeing in a book when we can't really leave the house. It's an adventure within a book. So, a very well-done to this super cute read.

The super cute art style was a plus, but I enjoyed the story and can't wait to use it for my programs.

Dylan and Isabella go on a zoo outing with their parents, where they see all the many different animals and areas that can be found.

This is a great book in preparation for a zoo visit or even after one.

When the world turns one against others, this is one good reminder that we are all unique. We should see our own language as precious gems. And through this book, some of the words are similar to what I learn.

I was reminded that the similarity in the language should make us curious of the other culture, therefore respect the people and celebrate the difference. It should push us to ask, how could this be similar? Might there be another words of the language that is similar to mine?

Maybe intended to encourage kids to learn other language, it also serves as a bridge to overcome the difference.

As a note: this a cursory review for just NetGalley. Full review will replace this in the upcoming weeks.

A Wild Day at the Zoo is a delightful idea and it is easy to see why it won awards on the specific notes of multi-cultural polyglot notes. That being said, this did not do it for us. It felt incredibly forced and my child had a hard a time staying interested. Unfortunately, there was no link for us to get the pronunciation of the words (as the summary from publisher states), so we had to do a lot of stopping and looking up or guessing. That definitely pulled away from the center of the story. I feel like it would've been useful to include a pronunciation guide wither directly by the words or as a glossary at the end of the book, like many polyglot books do.

Reading other reviews, it's clear we are the odd ones out in our hesitance about the story's success. Perhaps if we had had access to the sample audios, we wouldn't have felt so put off. We are a multilingual home ourselves and were looking forward to this story!

That aside, we really enjoyed the storyline itself and the illustrations are quite adorable and lovely. It's a book we may revisit again prior to finalizing our review for posting.

A Wild Day at the Zoo by Victor D. O. Santos I loved the book. I loved the illustrations and how the characters interacted with each other. Read the book to your children they will love it.

What a great book for kids and it's a help for learning new words in other languages.
I have to add that I'm portuguese so it was so good to see portuguese words in this book for children to learn

We loved this book, its not a short book and this really appealed to two adventure seeking girls, it was right up their street! Especially the pictures, which always helps when there is a good bit of text to get through.

Going to the zoo and bring your pet with you day? I can't think of anything more exciting and dangerous at the same time, but the kids loved it, they loved all the animals in the picture and the pet chicken, Kiki, went down a treat.

A day of adventure and learning about animals, at the zoo? I can't think of anything better.

There was a big bilingual feel here and that wasn't lost in the fact the authors threw lots of languages into the book, which was interesting but it did get a little confusing for the girls. The highlighted words was a big help as it tells you what is said at the bottom of the page but the incorporation of so many languages seemed to be lost as it didn't feel relevant, maybe one or two at the most should be included and if its a learning exercise should be placed at the top of the page or even the side in a separate area so it would make more sense.

I liked how the authors tried to mix the languages from an educational point of view, however as I mentioned, maybe just one or two languages would've been enough.

Thanks for the advanced reader copy (ARC) of this book, in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and Troubador Publishing.

While the plot of this story is about a family's visit to the zoo and a small conflict that is solved by creativity of a child, there is much more to the book than that. The book seamlessly weaves story threads from other cultures and languages by showing children speaking multiple languages, interracial marriages, employees from different countries. The illustrations are also clear and enjoyable. I wish that there was not so much remark about the cleverness of the kids which I personally believe praising the action of the child is better than telling them that they are genius which research in the field of psychology is showing that can decrease motivation in children.

I read A Wild Day at the Zoo with my 4 year old son and we both loved it. My son loves animals and he loved the story and the illustrations were delightful.
I loved the diversity in this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my ARC.

I enjoyed reading this polyglot book to my young kids. We all enjoyed the story about a family visiting the zoo with their pet chicken and the adventure that follows. We have read quite a few picture books that take place in zoos and this one is great to add to the collection. It is easy to follow along with. The pictures are colorful and fun and my kids definitely engaged with them. The book not only showed diversity through the languages presented but also through the illustrations showing all different kinds of family's of all sizes and kinds. Very well presented.

I enjoyed the exposure to multiple languages throughout the book. It was nice too see a different variety of languages being utilized including Portuguese, Turkish, and Ukranian. I wish there had been phonetic spelling of the words and phrases used as I think I likely mispronounced most of them reading out loud.

Thank you to Linguacious and NetGalley for the copy of this eBook.

This one was a HUGE hit with my little girl! To start with, the illustrations are just beautiful -- she has already asked to look at it over and over, taking in all the people, colors and especially the animals depicted on the pages. We are zoo members and she loved comparing what was happening in the story to our own visits.

The story is a bit older for her, at the time, she's only three, but she especially loves the part where Kiki ends up in the giraffe pen -- between the giggles & the bubbles it was a perfect scene for her!

It is a good book for children. On the one hand, we see a diversity of cultures, learn some words in other languages, and we know animals. I recommend!

This book caught my attention due it being pitched as a polyglot one!

I was really pleased how the different languages were waved into the story on a normal day at the zoo.
I also appreciated the way one could look up the meanings from the different phrases included in it.
The book is lacking a bit when it comes to illustration the font used for the actual text but overall, I enjoyed it and thought it was a cute approach. This is how I would like my kid to see various languages as a norm as well as we will be talking to her in 3 different languages and I was also raised that way due to mixed origin family.

Thank you Netgalley for giving access to this book in exchange for an honest review!

3,5 stars from me!

I read this book with my 5 year old twins and my daughter really enjoyed it. She loves animals so this kept her thoroughly entertained. My son doesn't have the best sustained attention so because of the length of this book, he lost interest. The illustrations were great and my daughter especially loved Kiki the chicken since we ourselves have chickens.

Dylan, his pet chicken, and Isabella love going to the zoo with their parents, they love the animals. What I like about this book is that it introduces kids to different languages and shows them how cool it was to be a Polyglot. Oh my, would you look at that now, I learned something new today. With Kiki’s wild adventure in the Giraffe’s cage, your kids would have fun reading this one. A fun and exciting book that teaches about the habitat and ways of the animals at the zoo, and also introduces your kids’ to different languages.

This was such a cute story! My 2 year old son loved when I read this to him before bed a few nights ago. The illustrations are beautiful.

This is an interesting children's book about a little boy and girl that speak three languages that visit the zoo. It was a special day at the zoo because visitors could bring their pets with them. Dylan brought his pet chicken! An unusual pet to say the least. Everything is fine until they get to the giraffe. The giraffe lifted Kiki the chicken into the pen and started to chase her. Isabella had bought a bubble machine and everyone likes bubbles even giraffes. They are able to save Kiki for the giraffe. Isabella saved the day and is given an medal and is written up in the paper the next day. The book includes some foreign words that could be fun for children to learn.