The New York Times THE ZOO Written and illustrated by Suzy Lee. Kane/Miller. $15.95. (Ages 3 to 7) In colorful mixed media collage, Lee (who was born in Seoul but now lives in Houston) presents a fanciful visit to a psychedelic zoo where a monkey perches on a smiling hippo and a peacock sports a tail of vivid purple pastel. Unfortunately Mom and Dad are thrown into a panic when their young daughter, in pink cape and boots, wanders after the peacock, imagining herself playing with a bear in a flamingo pool. Clearly it¡¯s all in the eye of the beholder. At the end, the girl¡¯s ¡°I love the zoo. It¡¯s very exciting¡± is comically set against Mom and Dad looking chalk-white with fatigue. Lee¡¯s view of the parents is almost depressing — when they¡¯re not panicking, they look bored literally to death — but the gorgeous menagerie that bursts out at the end restores the child¡¯s-eye point of view. (Sunday Book Review 'Bookshelf' by JULIE JUST, Published: April 15, 2007) Publisher's Weekly THE ZOO Suzy Lee. Kane/Miller, $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-933605-28-9 This story of a girl who gets lost at the zoo draws its energy from a collection of contrasts. The text, told in the girl's voice, is deadpan; the pencil illustrations provide the punch lines. The girl's parents' world appears as a tinted blue-gray; her world comes alive in full color. The hard edges of the zoo's tiled walls and wire cages give the book a crisp, architectural look; newcomer Lee draws with a bold, free line of pastel. "I went to the zoo with my mom and dad," the girl says; she follows a peacock, who leads her literally off the page to play with the zoo's animals (they've escaped from their cages). A few pages later, her parents realize in alarm that their daughter is gone. On the next spread, she cavorts with elephants in a shallow pool rendered in ecstatic strokes of every hue; collage elements add dimension and texture. The parents call out for her in front of the huge gray grid of an empty aviary, as she flies through the trees with a flock of exotic birds. At last her parents find her napping on a bench. "I love the zoo. It's very exciting," she announces, as her exhausted parents carry her home. Each page and picture, from the front cover to the back, takes the story a step further. It's up to young readers to decide if the young heroine has had a wild adventure or a wonderful dream. Ages 2-7. (Mar.)