Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper.

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The international bestseller and modern classic of adventure, survival, and the power of storytelling is now an award-winning play.

After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan—and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.

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King Julien is celebrating his own holiday. The zoo animals want nothing to do with it! But then Maurice promises them candy. Will sweets be enough to make the animals put up with Julien's crazy ways.

"A funny picture book featuring a madcap story about a new kangaroo arriving at the zoo, which uses phonic repetition to help children learn to read. The simple rhyming text helps to develop essential language and early reading skills, and there are guidance notes for parents at the back of the book. Beautifully illustrated by David Semple"--From the publisher's web site.

A cumulative verse with rebuses in which a young boy has a wonderful day at the zoo, despite a series of mishaps with the animals.

A little girl takes matters into her own hands after her brother is accidentally born in a zoo and her parents repeatedly bring home the wrong baby.

A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.

Rhyming text describes the preparations made for a boy's birthday party by his hosts, the animals at the zoo.

"A laughing giraffe surprises some bears who shock the crocs... and all too soon there's a rapping zebra and a waltzing rhino, all causing a hullabaloo at the zoo. It takes Baboon playing his bassoon to restore calm, in a story that will resonate with many parents and carers attempting bedtime with young children"--Provided by the publisher.

"Peek under leaves and behind doors to find noisy parrots, playful monkeys, very tall giraffes and lots more"--Back cover.