For our youngest boy’s 4th birthday, the six-year-old picked out a board game for his brother. He thought long and hard over which game would be most enjoyable, spending several minutes in each aisle of the store comparing toys and games. Then he saw a game that really piqued his interest:
“Well,” he said, “Simon does like monkeys, and he really likes other animals too.” I flipped the box over, smiled, and described the contents to him:So… it’s a board game placed in a zoo, where at certain points of the game the players put on animal masks and play hide-and-seek. That decided it, and Daniel could barely wait for the birthday party to show and explain the game to his little brother.

The game really does play well, with mechanics simple enough for 6- and 4-year-olds to play together alone when they want. If you have any animal-loving kids, I would heartily recommend this game.