The Best Zoo Books for Kids

Lift the flaps to find the perfect pet from the zoo's animal surprises.

A zookeeper makes his goodnight rounds without noticing that someone behind him is unlocking every cage.

A zookeeper is too sick to come to work, so five animals catch the bus and bring the visit to him.

A big spotted creature auditions for a place in the zoo, moving his spots around to prove he belongs.

Bored with his own enclosure, a zoo bird moves into the seal pool, then the lion cage, then the snake house.

Brushing an elephant’s teeth, weighing a snake, coaxing a crocodile to open wide — a real day of zoo jobs.

Two polar bears share an enclosure above a noisy city, until one of them starts getting sick.

A soldier buys an orphaned bear cub from a hunter on a train platform and takes her to war with him.

A girl who loves reptiles grows up to design a zoo's Reptile House.

A baby panda goes missing from the zoo, and three young detectives have days to find it.

The mascot hippo of a brand-new mega-zoo turns up dead, and one kid is the only person treating it as murder.

A captive gorilla's world shifts when a baby elephant arrives, challenging his view of home and art.