Washoe County Library System

Receiving a pet chicken instead of the dog he has wished for all his life, Rex is cursed by the Grim Reaper in the wake of his chicken’s untimely demise and becomes haunted by a chatty, messy bunch of dead animal ghosts from the local zoo --

Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper. Includes note to parents and teachers, and related activities.

"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.

Rhyming text and heart-shaped illustrations of zoo animals introduce a range of emotions from "snappy as a crab" to "peaceful as a portly walrus lounging on a towel."

A little girl and her toy monkey love imitating different animals, everything from jumping like kangaroos to waddling like penguins.

Using die-cut pages, the story illustrates the shapes of the animals from Rod Campbell's classic story.

On a visit to Don's Safari, the students in class 2B attempt to find a missing hippopotamus.

The animals at the zoo have some unusual requests for a little girl who goes to visit.

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.