With illustrations by the creator of the popular "Arthur" books, this cheerful rhyming story celebrates several things simultaneously: animals, books and reading, story writing, and libraries. Young kids will not be surprised to find animals reading books and writing their own stories because the line between themselves and the sweet, smiling animals in the story is a thin one.

The author uses many well-known stories to highlight the animals' enjoyment. From The Cat in the Hat and Goodnight Moon, to The Wizard of Oz and Harry Potter, the animals appreciate the same books loved by kids. There is some humor in the story that's strictly for the adult readers. For example, there's a scorpion book reviewer who gives "a stinging review" to whatever it reads and a Zoolitzer Prize awarded to a hippo's memoir. These will take away nothing from a child's enjoyment and may add to that of the adult reader. While not likely destined for the shelf of modern classics, this is a light-hearted cheer for the joys of reading.

From the book
It started the summer of 2002,
When the Springfiled librarian, Molly McGrew,
By mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.
Molly opened the door, and she let down the stair,
Turned on the computer, and sat in her chair.

At first all the animals watched from a distance,
But Molly could conquer the strongest resistance.
By reading aloud from the good Dr. Seuss,
She quickly attracted a mink and a moose,
A wombat, an oryx, a lemur, a lynx,
Eight elephant calves, and a family of skinks.