Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.

A litle gorilla unlocks the gate to the zoo, and the zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left there.

Eloise just loves, loves, loves animals--and cannot wait to go on a trip to the zoo with Nanny.

"Amelia Bedelia is sick the day her class goes to visit the zoo. She doesn't want to be left out, so she comes up with a brilliant idea--she'll create a zoo in her backyard, using all her classmates' pets. But she doesn't know exactly how to tell her parents about her great plan"--Provided by publisher.

Zoo animals explain how they enjoy themselves after the last humans have departed. Tenth in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new skills, and guidance notes on reading with children.

Twelve-year-old Lexington, a foundling raised in a zoo, spends a summer cementing friendships, growing closer to the elephant that saved her life, and learning about her family and herself.

Bernard's loud snores disturb all the other animals at the zoo, and the otter tries to find a solution. Bernard loves curling up to go to sleep. But there is one little problem. Bernard snores...LOUDLY! So loudly that he keeps all of the otters awake during naptime. So loudly that Grumpy Giles tells Bernard to move his snoring somewhere else! Sad and lonely, Bernard tries sleeping in new places far away from the other otters: in a lake, in puddles,...

Contains an illustrated history of zoos, from the menageries of kings and queens in the ancient world to the modern zoos that work to care for and save all creatures.

"Billie's class is off to the zoo! She has to stop everyone from being naughty. If only they'd listen to her!"--Page 4 of cover.

When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend.