Dear Zoo activities for kids

If your little ones are big fans of Rod Campbell’s Dear Zoo, they’ll love these kids activities and colouring sheets featuring all their favourite animals from the zoo.

Rod Campbell’s classic storybook Dear Zoo has been a firm favourite of children, and their parents, for over thirty years. If your little ones love discovering which animals the zoo has sent then these Dear Zoo activities and colouring sheets will provide hours of fun. Make a lion mask, join the dots to find out which animal is hiding, and colour in all the animals in the zoo. 

Colour in all the animals in the zoo with this Dear Zoo colouring sheet

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Activity Sheet - Colouring sheet - Dear Zoo - Rod Campbell
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Find out which animal is hiding with this Dear Zoo dot-to-dot activity sheet

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Activity Sheet - Dot-to-dot - Dear Zoo - Rod Campbell
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Help finish the picture with this Dear Zoo drawing sheet

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Activity Sheet - Drawing Sheet - Dear Zoo - Rod Campbell
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Make your very own lion mask with this Dear Zoo activity sheet

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Activity sheet - Lion Mask - Dear Zoo - Rod Campbell
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Dear Zoo books

Dear Zoo

by Rod Campbell

Book cover for Dear Zoo

Rod Campbell’s much-loved classic lift-the-flap book offers endless fun to little ones who will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals that the zoo has sent. But will they ever send the perfect pet?

The Dear Zoo Drawing and Colouring Book

Book cover for The Dear Zoo Drawing and Colouring Book

Little ones who love Dear Zoo will have hours of fun drawing, colouring and doodling all the animals from Rod Campbell’s original story. Packed full of simple activities aimed at preschoolers, this is a fun introduction to learning to draw. 

Dear Zoo Snuggle Book

Book cover for Dear Zoo Snuggle Book

This super-soft cloth book is the perfect introduction to Dear Zoo for very young babies, featuring all the zoo animals from Rod Campbell’s original story.

Dear Zoo Book and Puzzle Blocks

Book cover for Dear Zoo Book and Puzzle Blocks

Little Dear Zoo fans will love this book and puzzle blocks set. Nine easy-to-use jigsaw blocks combine to make six different picture puzzles. These fun puzzles will keep young children entertained for hours. 

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