Changes

|summary=An interesting idea, that will help get young kids in the mood for the Olympics. However, the text isn't appropriately pitched at picture book fans, and so the idea doesn't achieve its full potential.

}}

''Animal Antics'' has a strong core idea, and is a great way to give little kids a taste of the Olympic spirit. However, it doesn't always hit the right notes. It's very definitely overwritten, both in terms of volume of text and the vocabulary used. There aren't - with good reason - many picture books that use the phrase ''organisational issues'' as a punchline.

Janette Louden's illustrations are perfectly pleasant, but given that the core idea is laden with such fun, one wonders how much more zingy it could have been if she'd really let her hair down. The potential is there to have really made the little 'uns giggle.

For other books featuring exciting animal antics, take a look at [[Zebedee's Zoo by Giles Milton and Katharine McEwen]] or [[A Very Strange Creature by Ronda Armitage and Layn Marlow]].