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Picture Books
Illustrated by Marc Brown.

A New York Times #1 Bestseller. When the bookmobile rolls into the zoo, the librarian helps each animal find the perfect book. Soon they are writing books of their own, and build a Zoobrary.

Illustrated by Marc Brown. It seems that all the animals at the zoo have little ones, and the pandas and the tree kangaroo are so tired of waiting. They find the perfect babies in unusual ways, and learn that raising their new family members "takes a whole zoo."
Illustrated by Marc Brown.

On a gloomy winter day, the animals decide to put on a musical. You can too! Click to download a free script for you own classroom ZooZical!

Illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey.

Emperor penguins tell about their lives in wacky verse.

Illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

A hilarious alpha-bedtime story. Big letters try to put their little letters to bed, but the little ones are not cooperating. How will it end? Only Z knows for sure.

Illustrated by J. Otto Seibold.

B.B. (Big Bad) Wolf has retired to the Villain Villa Senior Center. Is it too late for him to reform?

Illustrated by Marc Brown.

From the very first, young Sam knows that readers win and winners read.

Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand

Fifty-five silly crocodiles are tricked by a clever monkey, while children learn to count from one to ten and back again.

Illustrated by Stephen Gammell.

When a girl buys a science fair project online from Professor Swami's web site, catastrophe is just one mouse click away.

Illustrated by Doug Cushman.

Readers learn to tell time as Mr. Crocodile pursues a band of pesky monkeys.

Illustrated by Tim Bowers.

What if you meet Mrs. TRex at the local supermarket? Time to practice all those magical, good manners words.

Illustrated by Jack E. Davis

What's happened to sweet old Mother Goose? She's grown fangs, and she's rewriting nursery rhymes in scary new ways.

Folktales
Illustrated by Stefano Vitale Named one of the best books of the 20th century by Scholastic Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle,, this collection of folktales features variations on crosscultural themes, from "Runaway Cookies" to "Slowpokes and Speedsters," along with comparative notes.
Illustrated by Reynold Ruffin

A variant of Cinderella from the Indonesian island of Halmahera. Damura's magical grandmother from the spirit world is a crocodile!

Illustrated by Stefano Vitale

Variations on crosscultural folktale themes.

Illustrated by Meilo So. When the bellybutton-stealing ogres come to her town and grab all the babies, little Urikohime sets off to get them back, with the help of her dog, a monkey and a pheasant.
Illustrated by Victoria Chess

In this folktale from Spain, the beautiful butterfly chooses as her husband the one who will sing the most beautiful lullabye. When her new husband is swallowed by a fish, everyone in the kingdom works to save him.

CLASSROOM PLAY!



This is a PDF file. ZooZical Class Play (6.0MB)
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Click on the icon to download a free PDF script and instructions for putting on a classroom ZooZical. There's a printable color poster, too.

by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

Link to ZooZical on amazon.com

zoo'-zi-cal A song and dance extravaganza

performed by zoo animals.


Reviews and awards


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

"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."
*Starred review Publishers' Weekly

A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
National Parenting Publications Award
Parents' Choice Award