The Guess Who Zoo: 13 Animals Sing Their Stories CD

Recently, Mommy Ramblings was asked if we would like to review a CD called The Guess Who Zoo. Children love animals and they like guessing games. It’s all here in The Guess Who Zoo. In this whimsical surprise-filled CD, the child’s four-legged, flippered and winged friends play leading roles. The animals sing about themselves. The child, playing detective as clues mount line by line, proudly fills in the blank (Bear, Giraffe, etc.) — the last word in the last line of the last verse — and becomes a self-esteem-lifted participating poet. Declares distinguished educator Allan Shedlin, Jr., Founding Executive-Director of the National Elementary School, “The Guess Who Zoo is like a happy combination of Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein, and Ogden Nash put to music.

Molly and I were each sent a CD to review with our children. We reviewed them separately and you will find our thoughts below.

Carolyn’s Thoughts:

This is such a delightful CD, great for car trips where the whole family can play and make the trip more fun for the kids. The songs, rhyming and music is pleasant and not annoying for parents to listen to with their kids. Once the little ones hear the songs and rhymes and try to solve who the animal is they get really excited. When they get them right they feel so proud and even if they get stumped they learn it for the next time. Before long they were singing right along and having a blast calling out the animals. My kids love music, singing and playing games so this CD is great for them. I think it is great for all children ages 2-7. The Guess Who Zoo was a Parent’s Choice Award Winner and was a Parenting Pick by Parenting Magazine. The CDs are available only through the Guess Who Zoo Website:www.guesswhozoo.com.

Molly’s Thoughts:

My 4-year-old loved listening to The Guess Who Zoo CD! He would listen closely to what the songs said, and made guesses as to which animal they were singing about! He guessed correctly on some of them, others he didn’t know, but after listening through to the end of the song, he found out what animal did those things, and learned something new! I like how the CD interacts with my child and encourages him to guess the animal. The rhyming words help the kids along in guessing if they are having trouble. When each song was done, we would search for pictures of them so he could see what the animals looked like! My son really enjoyed listening and guessing with the CD, the songs were really fun to listen to with lively music and animated voices! He said his favorite song was about the alligator.

The Guess Who Zoo is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. One lucky blog reader will win a copy of The Guess Who Zoo CD. Thank you to The Guess Who Zoo for the review CDs and for sponsoring this terrific giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!! Open to US residents.