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Rating(3.7 / 5.0, 24 votes)
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April 26,2025
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Might be difficult for very small children to understand what is happening in all of the pictures (it took me a moment to realize the pigeon is in an airplane seat), but there is plenty of absurdity. I don't find this one as much fun as Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, perhaps because it's not as straightforward. In the earlier book, the humor comes from each animal's particular problem with wearing an item of clothing. In this book, the situations vary, so it takes a moment to figure out exactly what human activity each animal is attempting, and why it is silly. The moments spent in orienting oneself to each picture blur the comedy a bit.

That said, I defy any child not to laugh at the hippo with his butt stuck in the bathtub.
April 26,2025
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Not as good as this authors book Animals Should Definitely Not Where Clothing.
There were some good pics with lines but a few lame ones.
April 26,2025
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Meh. Of course it's sorta funny, maybe more so to a child than to me. And of course I like the ending, especially if it makes a child think about how wicked traditional zoos are. But I can't recommend it.
April 26,2025
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This describes with cute illustrations why animals should not act like people.
April 26,2025
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This was a bit meh, and we didn’t love the partial sentences.
April 26,2025
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This unfortunately was very disappointing. I thought that the graphic woodcut-like illustrations and simple text and funny concept would be lots of fun, but found it instead kind of forced and boring. Had there been more text about why things didn't make sense instead of relying so heavily on the pictures, it may have lived up to my expectations.
April 26,2025
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Genre: Picture Book/Fiction

I thought that the funniest part of this book is seeing an illustration of a fish fishing and a bord riding in an airplane. I also enjoyed the book as a whole and all of the illusrations
April 26,2025
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I really enjoyed the other "Animals Should" books, but this one is just meh. Some of the scenes are funny, but I think the humor will go straight over kids' heads.
April 26,2025
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Okay but not great. The animals doing people things are funny and charming but the rhythm of the story just doesn't quite work.
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