Judy Sierra

Children's author, poet and folklorist


Download free script and poster for ZOOZICAL the Sing-Along Classroom Musical
Fabulous roles for everyone in the class--no trees, no plants, every child plays a wild animal!


It's midwinter, and all the animals in the zoo have the doldrums. They are too miserable to hoot, howl, or prowl. But when a very large hippo collapses in dismay, a very small hippo hops out of the way. the animals discover they all like hopping and dancing and singing, and decide to put on a ZooZical.


ZOOZICAL, the sequel to Wild About Books


"Teens have Glee, tweens have High School Musical, and with this snappy follow-up to Wild About Books younger siblings can delight in the joy of putting on a show."

--Publishers Weekly


"Brown's bright, energetic animals hop, jump, prance, and dance across generous full-color spreads. Sierra's language-rich couplets with their easy rhythms will have young readers tapping their toes. This joyous sing-along, read-along romp is guaranteed to chase away the doldrums any time of year."

--School Library Journal

"A book of sheer exuberance—vocal and visual—which surely will be reflected during read-alouds."

--Kirkus Reviews

Bestselling Books

Wild About Books. Illustrated by Marc Brown. Knopf, 2004.
The tale of librarian Molly McGrew who, by mistake, drives the bookmobile into the zoo. Soon all the animals are reading, writing, and building their own library.
The Sleepy Little Alphabet. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Knopf, 2009
This ABC book is also a bedtime story. Big letters try to put their little letters to bed, but the little letters are not cooperating. How will it end? Only Z knows for sure.
The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School. Illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
When a girl finds a genetically-altered science fair project on Professor Swami's web site, catastrophe is just one mouse click away.
Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf. Illustrated by J. Otto Seibold. Knopf, 2007.
B.B. (Big Bad) Wolf is old now, and has retired to the Villain Villa Senior Center. Is it too late for him to mend his ways and make new friends?
Antarctic Antics. Illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Harcourt, 1998.
Emperor penguins tell about their lives in wacky verse.
Counting Crocodiles. Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. Harcourt, 1997.
Fifty-five silly crocodiles learn manners from a clever monkey, while children learn to count from one to ten and back again.
Schoolyard Rhymes Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Knopf, 2005.
Kids, parents and grandparents will enjoy reading these favorite playground rhymes together.
Monster Goose. Illustrated by Jack E. Davis. Harcourt, 2001.
What's happened to sweet old Mother Goose? She's grown a pair of fangs, and is rewriting all the old favorites in scary new ways.