As a kid I loved going to the zoo. Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo was closest. A longer, special occasion drive was to New York's Central Park Zoo. There, polar bears swam and splashed, big cats made strange roaring noises and astounding to me was the size of the elephants and giraffes. When the Bronx Zoo opened, it proved best of all, because the animals were allowed to roam free.



Bringing an artist's sophistication to my Zoo memories, are the cleverillustrations by Nathan Tamaki, a 20-year old art student making his first try at illustrating a picture storybook. Nathan fussed with his picture and type choices for about 6 months before arriving at his "for 2-5 year old kids look".



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