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Like animals? Birthday parties? You’ll love Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa.

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Would YOU like living next door to a group of nosy gerenuks? Join Mori and the gang in this delightful story about zoo animals and surprise parties.

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It’s Mori the okapi’s birthday. When Sally the zookeeper wishes Mori a Happy Birthday, Lito, the nosiest of the gerenuks, is listening at the fence between the two exhibits.

Follow along as he gets his other neighbor, Elvis the king vulture to help him plan a surprise party for Mori.

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NEWS FLASH! Nosy Gerenuk Plans Surprise Party for Okapi Elvis, the king vulture lets all the animals out of their exhibits!

What’s going on at the zoo? Is there total chaos? No. There’s a new book in town. “Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa” has arrived. Written by zookeeper Rebekha Delgado, this fully bilingual book (English and Spanish) appeals to children of all ages. Join Lito the gerenuk, Elvis the king vulture and the rest of the zoo animals as they surprise Mori the okapi with a birthday party.

•Who plans the party? •Is Mori really surprised? Find out in “Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa”.

There also is an activity book too to take the story beyond reading.

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How would YOU like living next door to a group of nosy gerenuks? You would, IF it was your birthday.

In “Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa” it’s Mori the okapi’s birthday. When Sally the zookeeper wishes Mori a Happy Birthday, Lito, the nosiest of all the gerenuks, is listening at the fence between the two exhibits.

Follow along as he gets his other neighbor, Elvis the king vulture to help him plan and pull off a surprise party for Mori.

Will Mori be surprised? How will all the animals in the zoo get to the party? Find out in: “Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa” by Rebekha Delgado

This entertaining picture book is fully bilingual, English and Spanish, and there is an activity book and a teacher’s guide that can also be purchased to use in your classrooms to take the story beyond reading.
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"Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa" Activity Book / Actividades takes the book "Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa" beyond reading. Filled with coloring pages, puzzles, word games and more it makes learning fun. Most pages are bilingual, some are only in one language. The back cover has three bookmarks the children can cut out and share with their friends.
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Use this Teacher’s Guide and Key to take "Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa" beyond reading. Here you will find pre and post reading discussions, language arts, and math activities. There are also art and game ideas as well as science research questions to make up a complete mini unit. Teachers will find the code to a password protected page at the Laughing Zebra – Books for Children website in the booklet. This will give them all the answers to the Activity book pages and links to other sites with useful information.
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