All About Wild Animals
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Picture Books
- Wild animals: A very first picture book by Nicola Tuxworth
- Wild animals of Africa ABC by Hope Ryden
- Don’t take your snake for a stroll by Karin Ireland
- Curious George books by Margret Rey
- Seven spunky monkeys by Jackie French Koller
- We’re going on a lion hunt by David Axtell
- Who is the beast? by Keith Baker
- Deep in the jungle by Dan Yaccarino
- Snuggle up, sleepy ones by Claire Freedman
- The House on East 88 th street by Bernard Wabe
Readers
- Tigers at twilight by Mary Pope Osborne
- Safari journal: the adventures in Africa of Carey Monroe
- The Jungle book by Rudyard Kipling
- Tiger, tiger by Lynne Reid Banks
- A Giraffe and a half by Shel Silverstein
- Summer of the monkeys by Wilson Rawls
- Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
- Good morning, gorillas by Mary Pope Osborne
- Polar bears past bedtime by Mary Pope Osborne
- Robi Dobi: the marvelous adventures of an Indian elephant by Madhur Jaffrey
- Eva by Peter Dickinson
Websites with Games
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Visit here to play some games that will test your wild animal knowledge. http://www.kidsplanet.org/games
Online Library Resources
- Kids Search: Get magazine and newspaper articles and even animal videos. Click on the link titled “Animals”, then type the name of any animal you are interested in. Click “Go” and you will be on your way to a new adventure!
Lesson Plans for Teachers
- Fact sheets, lesson plans, cut outs, murals, funsheets, and more for the zoo. http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/menu_wkshts/plans_zoo.html
- You have been hired by the curator of the local zoo to help in setting up an Australian animal exhibit http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.html
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