Orem Library

Provides a behind-the-scenes look at a working day at the zoo.

By combining the funniest stories, craziest creatures, and zaniest pictures with his unique blend of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, Dr Seuss helps children of all ages and abilities learn to read.

A little boy has a series of adventures and misadventures with wild animals.

"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...

An alien child's quest to take a photograph of a "mysterious creature known as a human" has an unexpected result when a search through an Earth zoo brings an encounter with a gorilla.

Fifth-grade sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to solve a monkey smuggling mystery at the city zoo.

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

A boy and his pet dragon visit the zoo and see a wide variety of animals.

At the insect zoo, William visits an exhibit on eating insects, and while he likes looking and learning about them, he is not so sure about bugs as food, but he may change his mind after trying a chocolate chirp cookie.

Feeling neglected when Danny goes to sleep with his new stuffed animals rather than with him, Pangoo runs away to the zoo to live with the real-life penguins.