Higher levels of language than I expected for the age group. Love the diversity and the Ukrainian. Story fell flat.

This was a lovely picture book, and presents opportunities for children to learn words on other languages in a very unobtrusive way. Personally, the font and illustrations felt very old-fashioned. I’m sure that others would disagree but that’s my opinion. It had a nice depiction of going to see the animals at the zoo and would be a nice book for children.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

A wild day at the zoo is a picture book for children about a boy called Dylan and his sister Isabella who go to the zoo for a special day out where they can take their pet with them too.

Isabella saves the day when her brothers pet chicken escapes.

This book has the odd word highlighted and at the bottom corner of the page tells you what it means in what language and four languages are used- Turkish, Ukrainian, Portuguese and Spanish. I think the positioning of these words was too unnoticeable on the page and could have been positioned in a more interesting and recognisable place on the page e.g. in a bubble at the top corner of the picture.
I liked the concept of including another language to incorporate in the book but feel that four is a bit too many and should be two at the maximum.

A Wild Day at the Zoo is a story about a multilingual family visiting the zoo. The inclusion of words in other languages felt very natural in the story and I think this picture book would be perfect for inspiring children to learn about other languages. The book is beautifully illustrated with a simple yet engaging story that young readers will enjoy.

The idea for this story is cute, however, it felt as though there was too many words on some of the pages. It feels like tge story could be paired down to be a whole lot simpler for children. At least with the way the illustrations are set up if ita going to be for a younger toddler audience it just seems the amount of wording should be kept simpler to keep the child reading engaged. Their attentuon span is so short anyhow.

Thank you to Netgalley for this free ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I loved this book, the story.
The characters are so cute and I loved the illustrations here.
It’s great teaching the language and things you wouldn’t know and having the translations as siltations at the bottom of the page.
I can’t wait to read this to my 2 and 4 year old nephews on the iPad at next bed time story.
It’s a shame it was kindle version as it wasn’t pages and had to go across the screen on my phone rather than turning a page and I found it clunky but if it was a book it’s spaced out well.
Than you NetGalley and linguacious for the ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

A Wild Day At the Zoo is a children's illustrated book by Victor Santos and book 2 in the Little Polyglot Adventure Series.
In this particular story the children arrive at the zoo on a day where their allowed to bring their pets as well, so Dylan and Isabella bring Kiki, their pet chicken along. While they're there Kiki runs into a bit of a fix so she needs to be saved.
Not only is this a fun book where kids can learn about animals, it's also multicultural where there are sentences in a different language are scattered around so that kids can learn something new. It's not too hard for them to understand but it adds that little touch if educational value.
The story is also fun and entertaining and illustrations beautifully done.
🦄🦄🦄
Rated 10/10
Melina L.

I received an electronic ARC from Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles through NetGalley.
The second book in this series. This one focuses on Dylan's sister, Isabella, and the family's trip to the zoo. It's an unusual trip as visitors can bring their own pets. This leads to the main conflict when the giraffe pulls Dylan's pet chicken into its enclosure. Isabella saves the day and the chicken.
Again,words in several languages are included seamlessly in the dialogue. An audio option is available to hear the pronunciations so young readers can see the words and hear them.
Great book to demonstrate how inclusive our world can be.

What a cute little story. In som aspects, this reminded me of my own daughter, an animal lover and proclaiming “I want to own a zoo one day!”

I really liked the diversity in this story. It’s important that we teach our children all the different diverse people and that their languages are different.

I did not like this book's premise from page 1 - that it is "bring your own pet day" at the zoo. Not a good idea, in my opinion, to introduce to children. A zoo would never allow pets from home to be there, ever. I also felt that the foreign words introduced made the narrative seem disjointed.

This is a wonderful book to read with children who would like to learn any language!
The author gives a great example of how raising children in a bilingual (or in this case, multilingual) environment enriches their mind and gives them a great advantage in life. The heroes of this story display excellent problem-solving skills and resilience; they are well-behaved and curious; they have no problem communicating with people and making friends. I love that Mr Santos chose a variety of languages to showcase in this story: our heroes, Isabella and Dylan, speak Portuguese and Ukrainian, and the people they encounter speak Spanish, Turkish and, judging by the illustrations, there are speakers of other languages as well.
The illustrations are lovely! People and animals alike are so charming, they radiate happiness and warmth. I loved the color palette and the detailing of each illustration.
We get to meet a lot of animals at the zoo, but the main star is Kiki, Dylan and Isabelle's pet chicken. She gets an adventure of her own when a friendly giraffe chooses her for his new companion. This is the situation where Isabelle uses her wonderful imagination to come up with a creative solution and set Kiki free.
I would love to read more books in this series, and share them with my young students who will be inspired to continue their studies of various languages!

This book is a brilliantly illustrated story about a trip to the zoo for the family. What is unique about the story is that some of the characters can speak multiple languages and these words are referenced in the text. I was a fan of this element, and it made me think about the possibilities that reading in foreign language can have for children to learn.

I apologize but I was not able to read this book. The PDF would not convert in my conversion program so i could read on my kindle and the PDF itself would not open on my computer. I actually have a young grandson and am currently curating books for him and his friends as a labor of love and thinking about starting a blog for that age group but unfortunately was not able to read this one.

It sounded wonderful

I thought that this was lovely and it was nicely written

The book had some really nice images too that helped tell the story

The story was a follow on to a book that I read earlier in the year too so it was great to be able to catch up with the characters but it is easily one that can be read as a stand alone.

It is 4 stars from me for this one – highly recommended!

It's "Bring Your Pet" day at the zoo, and Dylan and Isabella's parents are taking them, and their pet chicken Kiki, for a day of fun. They learn about the animals and have an adventure along the way.

This is a 17 page, illustrated children's book. I found the illustrations to be a little boring and not very colorful or interesting. I kept raising my eyebrows at the story, which wanted to point out over and over how many languages Dylan and Isabella could speak (at least three). Communicating in different languages is good, but throwing three languages at little children, probably six and under, is a bit confusing. There was a good problem-solving lesson in the story, but the fact that the kids are geniuses who can speak multiple languages seemed to be most important to the author. I don't think it will relate to a majority of the children to which this book is marketed.

I received a free copy of this book from the publishers via Netgalley. My review is voluntary.

Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The book has beautiful artwork, with lots of details in the illustrations. The storyline is cute, and the book encourages children to explorer other cultures and languages.

I absolutely loved and appreciated all the diverse representation of different languages and races in this amazing story. It even had muslim characters which i personally was really happy about. Cant wait to read this to my little sister, i can shes going to love it

The Polyglot series is an interesting and fun series and I hope the Victor Santos continues writing more! I love that you can go to the polyglot website and here the foreign words being pronounced correctly while you are reading the book. I also love that this book encourages kids to learn about other languages and that it is cool to know multiple languages.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

This has cute and colorful illustrations. The animals are so cute and has cute personalities as well.

Dylan and his little sister Isabella were off to the zoo with their parents and Dylan’s pet chicken, as it was a special day at the zoo. It was the only day in the year that people could bring their pets in with them.

Along their journey, the children saw many different areas and animals including one over friendly giraffe who takes a liking to Dylan’s chicken.

A Wild Day at the Zoo is the second book in the Little Polyglot Adventures about a little girl who can speak three languages. I haven’t read the first book but from what I can tell they work as standalones.

The plot felt relaxing and captivating as the children visit the animals. It is full of diverse characters too. The full-page illustrations are wonderful to look at and I’m sure young children will enjoy spotting the animals on the pages.

As well as a lovely story there are also six words included that are not in English (written in a different colour) – these are in Portuguese, Ukrainian, Spanish, and Turkish. Whilst I think it is an excellent idea to include different languages within children’s books as they pick up things a lot easier when they are little, I’m not sure on having four different languages and I personally feel that sticking to two would have been better so not to confuse the reader.

The translation of the words was also written at the bottom of the page in small writing, so not easily noticeable. I expected to see it next to the word they were learning as they would have to move away from the section they are reading to learn the translation and then go back to where they left off. I do like that you can scan the QR code in the book to hear the words being said though.

Overall, any book that educates children in a fun manner is worth reading in my opinion.