Last Sunday, our family went to the zoo. Father, mother, me and my brother. Originally my brother and I are very excited. However, traffic jams, queuing, you can not buy half-price ticket to his brother, uninteresting animal, hungry, and "war" of his brother happened from time to time, my father's silly jokes, as well as the mother of a touch of sadness ...... this in the end is how?
上个星期天,我们全家去动物园。爸爸、妈妈、我和我的弟弟。本来我和弟弟都很兴奋,但是,堵车、排队、不能给弟弟买半价票、无趣的动物、饿肚子、和弟弟不时发生的“战争”、爸爸的无聊玩笑,还有妈妈的淡淡忧伤……这到底是怎么了?
让孩子们能理解和感受到善待动物的重要并非易事。安东尼?布朗巧妙的透过一个普通家庭不太愉快的家庭日,来引发人们的反思,作为一名杰出的图画书大师,其立意的深远,构思的巧妙显示出他深厚的功力以及悲天悯人的博大胸怀。即使是成年人读过这部作品之后也会沉思良久。
这更是一本为动物写的书,安东尼?布朗在谴责人类对待动物的残忍和冷漠,讽刺人类盲目的自以为是,提醒人们钢筋水泥中的动物园,对于动物来说并不是一个温暖人道的美好家园。相比动物的沉默隐忍,人类的自私和贪婪是多么的丑恶。从这个角度来看《动物园的一天》是一本值得拥有一生的图画书。