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Your kids will love following the venerable... the illustrious... the hilarious explorer, Captain Wallace, on a guided visit through the Alphabet Zoo. Populated with lively animations of animals and letters, This Place is a Zoo helps children learn their alphabet and animals through sights and sounds designed to spark dialogue between parent and child. As Captain Wallace would say, "jolly good!"

Alphabet Zoo began as a labour of love by Chris Barrett after the birth of his first child, Hudson. The original poster quickly turned into a book co-created with writer Adrian Newbould. The book turned into an iPad app with the help of Ken Reddick and Meld Media, a Toronto based motion graphics studio. And here we are! An educational iPad app for you to enjoy with your family.

The app, a zany tour through the Alphabet Zoo introduces children to letters and animals as told through the voice and humour of venerable explorer Captain Alistair J.Wallace. Populated with lively animations and funny sayings, the app offers a unique educational experience for kids wrapped up in a design friendly package.

The pictures person - Chris Barrett! (Hudson & Dylan's Dad)

Chris is an award winning graphic designer with nearly 20 years of experience creating logos and branding for some of the world's top companies. He's also an award winning dad with nearly 3 years experience in changing diapers, kissing scraped knees and scooping yogurt up off the floor.

The words person - Adrian Newbould! (Amelia's Dad)

Adrian is an advertising copywriter that has been to the zoo in Hokkaido, Japan, Seville, Spain and NYC. But the best zoo he's ever visited? That would be the one made by his daughter and nephew from an old box, a few rocks and some snails found in the tomato plants. (No snails were harmed.)

The animators - Meld Media! (Maja's mom and dad)

Ken Reddick and his wife Milica run Meld Media, an award winning motion graphics studio in Toronto, Canada. Meld's expertise in 3D animation and video interactive has put them at the forefront of motion design for creative advertising. When they aren't working, Ken and Milica are taking their daughter to Berlin to check out art galleries and GDR era amusement parks. For more, visit meldmedia.com

L is for love! My 3 year old can't keep his fingers off the iPad! He's engaged and learning about animals. It's great."

- Crystal Shea, NY, NY

Our daughter keeps saying "Mommy, I see a narwhal!" I've never even seen a narwhal."

- Sandra McGinlock, Toronto ON

What a fun way for little ones to learn the alphabet! Great app!"

- Brant Taylor, Great Falls, MT

Tell Us

This Place is a Zoo! Book

If you love Captain Wallace's iPad app, you'll love his book! Written for children and their parents, This Place is a Zoo! delves deep into the lives of the world's animals. For example... did you know... Hippos can play the harpsichord? Or, that Lions love lasagna? Well, your kids are about to find out!

Written by Adrian Newbould
Illustrated by Christopher Barrett

About the shop.

You know what they say, great things take time, which is why we ask for your patience when it comes to our merchandise! A lot of passion, time and effort went into This Place is a Zoo, so we want to be sure everything produced is of the utmost quality. (A man of Captain Wallace's stature deserves it!) Please let us know here if you are interested in purchasing anything and we'll let you know when it becomes available. Thanks!

The original design that started it all, the 5 colour, animal alphabet poster print. 18" X 24"

First designed as the inside front cover of the book, now it's a print. All the animals hanging out with the Captain! 18" X 24"

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The character Captain Wallace is entirely imaginary and any resemblance to persons living or dead or actual events is purely coincidental.