Zoo Books

Books are a big part of our program but you wouldn't know it by what I post!  I find that I very seldom mention the books we use.  Here are some we used or had available during our zoo theme.  I have this in an excel document with an opinion next to each book but it's a little difficult in a blog to transfer all that information.  If you are interested in my opinion just send me a message with your email and I'll send the document to you.  Remember there are many more books out there.  Make use of your local library system.  Many times they can interlibrary loan (free of charge) a book they do not have on their shelves.  Prior to working at the center for a school year I was diligent in inputting our library books into an excel spreadsheet.  I did it to keep track since I was checking out MANY books.  (Now that I have gotten out of habit I'm "supporting the library" by paying fines...which adds up quickly when you check out as many as I do!)  Anyway, I had started adding an "opinion" and that worked out great for the next time I was looking for books for a particular theme or concept. Because it was in excel I could find out which books I checked out frequently and  then I'd know what to purchase.  Might be beneficial for you also. 

Title	Author
1,2, 3 To the Zoo	Eric Carle
A Trip to the Zoo	Karen Wallace
Alligator Alphabet	Stella Blackstone
Animal Dads	Sneed B. Collard III
Babar's Counting Book	Laurent De Brunhoff
Bendon Bear and the Wild Animals	ISBN 1-932209-32-8
Caps For Sale	Esphyr Slobodkina
Corduroy books	Don Freeman
Counting Crocodiles	Judy Sierra
Curious George books	H.A. Rey's
Dancing Feet!	Lindsey Craig
Elmer	David McKee
Giraffes Can't Dance	Giles Andreae
Good Night Gorilla	Peggy Rathmann
Handa's Surprise	Eileen Browne
Have You Seen the Crocodile?	Colin West
Hug	Jez Alborough
I Spry ABC	Vivian French
If You're Happy and You Know it!	ISBN 1-57755-442-6
Jamberry	Bruce Degan
Life-Size Zoo	Teruyuki Komiya
Little Monkey Lost	Keith DuQuette
Llama Llama books	Anna Dewdney
My Heart Is LIke a Zoo	Michael Hallanimals
Never, EVER Shout in a Zoo	Karma Wilson
Panda Bear Panda Bear, What Do You See?	Bill Martin Jr
Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!	Bob Barner
Safari Friends	ISBN 158117276-1
Seven Little Hippos	Mike Thaler
Skidamarink: The "I Love You"	Jacqueline East
Ten Apples Up On Top	Dr. Seuss
Ten in the Bed	Penny Dale
The Chimpanzees of Happytown	Giles Andreae
The Escape of Marvin the Ape	Caralyn and Mark Buehner
The Grumpalump	Sarah Hayes
The Lady With the Alligator Purse	Nadine Bernard Westcott
The Nose Book	by Al Perkins
The Selfish Crocodile	Faustin Charles
The Usborne Book of Baby Animals
There's a Hole in My Pocket	Akimi Gibson
Tiger Can't Sleep	S.J. Fore
Underwear!	Mary Elise Monsell
Walking Through the Jungle	Julie Lacome
We All Went on Safari	Laurie Krebs
Welcome to the Zoo	Alison Jay
Will We Miss them? Endangered Species	Alexandra Wright
Zoo Animals At Your Fingertips	Judy Nayer