Washoe County Library System

"Give a warm welcome to the awww-some ZooBorns animal babies!Get to know the adorable ZooBorns in this Ready-to-Read storybook that's chock-full of cute and cuddly baby zoo animals. With a familiar refrain of "Welcome to the world!" on every page, this photographic collection of irresistible critters is ideal for emerging readers"--

"Can you catch the unicorn? You'll have to use your brain. So set your traps and prep your team to pet that rainbow mane!"--Back cover.

"Sally tries to tell her family that a hippo, a tiger, zebras and koalas are in their yard, but no one pays attention until they hear that the zoo animals have escaped; now everyone panics except for Sally!"--

An introduction to the elephant, the biggest animal in the zoo.

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.

"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.

Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper. "What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the animals make. And they'll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book-- look at the last page!"--

Pulled from the pages of the wildly popular ZooBorns blog, this picture book presents the most charming critters ever--baby animals ranging from the adorable to the zany.

An introduction to hippos, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

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