Read Alike Books
If you liked Wild About Books or are looking for books to pair with this year.s read to me selection, here are some suggestions:
Animalia by Graeme Bass
An alphabet book with fantastic and detailed pictures, bearing such labels as "Lazy lions lounging in the local library."
Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss
When the children go back to school, the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the library in town trying to find something to do.
Please Say Please! Penguin's Guide to Manners by Margery Cuyler
Animal friends are invited to Penguin's house for dinner and they learn some lessons about being good guests.
My Little Sister Hugged an Ape by Bill Grossman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
This great read-aloud features all kinds of animals in an alphabet format. "My sister's on a hugging spree! Oh my gosh! She's hugging..Me!"
Zoo-ology by Joelle Jolivet
This oversize book uses a brief text and numerous illustrations to introduce over three hundred animals, from aardvark to zebu.
The Baby BeeBee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie, illustrated by Steven Kellogg
The zoo animals band together to find a way to keep the baby beebee bird awake during the day so that they can get some sleep at night.
Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo by Shirley Neitzel illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker
This cumulative verse uses rebuses to tell the tale of a young boy's wonderful day at the zoo, despite a series of mishaps with the animals.
Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Peter Sis
Poems filled with puns and rhymes where birds, beasts, vegetables, and flowers are mixed together to create new concoctions.
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Although he doesn't know it, the zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has put to bed for the night.
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss
This zoo is filled with Seuss-ian creations sure to delight listeners and challenge readers with their strange names.
A Very Hairy Scary Story by Rick Walton and David Clark
Young Sarah stayed too late at her friends house and runs home. On her way home, she runs into all kinds of scary hairy animals till she finally runs in to her dad. With a rhyming text, this makes a good read-a-loud.
Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo by Karma Wilson
Don't say we didn't warn you! The red-headed child in this humorous tale relates what might happen if you shout in the zoo and animal after animal is set loose.
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