Helen Plum Library

"Young readers explore the zoo with their Sesame Street friends to learn about animals, their habitats, and conservation efforts. Readers also discover the animals in their own communities"--

Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the kidnapping of the new baby panda at the petting zoo

"Pinkalicious can't wait to see all of the animals at the zoo. She doesn't count on getting into some monkey business of her own!"--P [4] of cover

Every day at the Athensville Zoo the peacocks are allowed to wander freely among the visitors, delighting and guiding kids and grownups alike, and kind, curious Plum is the peacock most proud of their responsibility. But Itch the ningbing--a type of very small marsupial--doesn't understand why those birdbrains should get so much freedom while he's all cooped up. So he plots and plots, sure that he will escape and become the zoo ambassador!

A girl becomes good friends with the elephant she visits at the zoo, and when he returns to Africa, she wonders if she will ever see him again

A.J. and his fellow third-graders from Ella Mentry School, including new student Alexia, go on a field trip to the zoo, where they meet a very strange zookeeper

Teddy Fitzroy must solve the crime of the kidnapped rare and expensive panda, Li Ping

"The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the next three hours--the entire scope of the novel--she keeps on running. Suddenly, mother and son are as trapped as the animals. Joan's...

When Buzz and Liz visit the zoo, their pets Fly Guy and Fly Girl go looking for food, and find the Creatures of the Night exhibit, where they see animals that would like to eat them