My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall (Greenwillow Books, 2009) became an interactive picture book for us. Graphic designer Michael Hall has designed a zoo full of animals, each one created by hearts. The text provides similes comparing one’s heart to the animals (such as “eager as a beaver”).
My preschooler loved counting the hearts one each page, and given the interactive back cover (which shows just how Mr Hall created the heart lion), he insisted on making his own heart animals. Because I’m not very good at cutting out hearts, our animals looked rather sorry in the end. But my son loved the project. It involved his favorite things: a book, scissors, and glue. His favorite page in the book is the hippos drinking apple juice.