"The best ABC books make you think, and the wordless ZOOPA: AN ANIMAL ALPHABET, by first-time children's book author Gianna Marino, asks a great deal of its readers." - The New York Times Book Review this lively, engaging debut, an alphabetical menagerie, drawn naturalistically but with big, expressive eyes and mobile features, gathers around (or, sometimes, in) a bowl of tomato-colored alphabet soup.A great choice for self-starters or small groups." - Kirkus Reviews "A lively choice for group or one-on-one sharing." - School Library Journal.