Cambridge Springs Public Library

LEVEL 1-2 BEGINNING READER. This story in rhyme about an animal who wants live in a zoo will appeal to young beginning readers.

One magical night an elephant jumped in the air and flew. Wild antics, high spirits and silly games of the other zoo animals also occur. Will anyone find out?

Each car on the train has one more zoo animal than the one before, from the first car with one elephant to the last with ten birds.

If Gerald McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the animals go and fill it with more unusual beasts--a ten-footed lion, an Elephant-Cat, a Mulligatawny, a Tufted Mazurka, and others.

Eloise and Nanny have fun together at the zoo.

Uses charts and recipes for bear milk prepared for two baby polar bears born in a zoo to teach about fractions.

A very clever unicorn eludes the traps of children as he visits his animal friends at the zoo.

"Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.

It's hard to imagine how lovable Lyle - the helpful, happy crocodile - could cause a neighborhood feud. But that is just what had happened. Lyle was making Loretta, Mr. Grumps' cat, Miserable. The more the well-meaning Lyle tried to win the frightened Loretta's friendship by flashing his toothsome smile, the more unhappy Loretta became. And when Loretta was unhappy Mr. Grumps was furious. 

When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.