Frank Carlson Library

In this book without words, Mr. Crocodile gets up every morning and carefully gets ready for work--but just what is his job?

On the first day of first grade Sam has news to share with the class--over the summer, his elephant had a baby! His classmates find out the truth when they go to a school field trip to the local zoo.

A tiny, abandoned lion cub has been rescued and brought to the zoo. He's scared and he's lonely. Zoe has a plan to help, but it's a risky business.

The gorilla in the story is an unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

"On Halloween night, the scouts, along with their Descender allies, must battle terrifying sasquatches at their own elementary school. Little do they know, the sasquatches are merely the bait to a trap. DeGraff captures three of the Descenders and drags them into a frightening, off-limits sector of The Secret Zoo. Meanwhile, Noah and his friends must protect two of their animals allies from police officers who are convinced that they are dangerous...

Elephants! Hippos! Lions! Listen to the sounds these animals make, and make your own! No zoo ever had a happier, noisier bunch of residents. Includes read-along book. First published in 1991. "A thoroughly rowdy menagerie... a visually and aurally splashy work." -- Publishers Weekly

"A giraffe's self-esteem is tested when he competes with a balloon for a young boy's attention."--

Mistakenly believing himself to be an emu, a newly-hatched platypus sets out on a long journey, using various forms of transportation and aided by new friends, to reach Australia.

When George visits the zoo to see the new baby panda, he is accidentally locked in the zoo at night and must find a way to navigate his way out. "When Curious George goes to see a baby panda at the zoo, he's having so much fun that he doesn't realize it's closing time and gets locked inside! As George tries to find his way out, he accidentally lets the animals out of their habitats! Will George get the animals back to their proper homes? And how...

Francis the donkey is the best shoemaker in the village. He uses only the finest materials: coconut wood for the soles, goat's wool for the insoles, and wild tiger grass for the uppers. After he receives an order for new shoes from Miss Manatee, shoemaker Francis the donkey must journey through the jungle to find the materials he needs, meeting the variety of animals that live near him, including a capybara, jaguar, and three-toed sloth.