As I mentioned in my 7 Educational Activities to Try at the Zoo post, my kids love the zoo! If they had their way, we’d live at the zoo and visit the house instead of the other way around. Sister says she’s going to grow up and be a zoo keeper, so I am always in search of books to feed her love of animals. Following is a list of 50 zoo animal themed books for kids that I have on our reading list for this year.
50 Zoo Animal Themed Books for Kids
‘Twas the Day Before Zoo DayDear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book
Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo
Good Night, Gorilla
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Curious George at the Zoo: A Touch and Feel Book
The Secret Zoo
If I Ran the Zoo (Classic Seuss)
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (Brown Bear and Friends)
The Zoo Crew (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew)
Fisher-Price Little People Let’s Go to the Zoo!
Put Me in the Zoo (I can read it all by myself’ Beginner Books)
And Tango Makes Three
Bright Baby Touch & Feel At the Zoo (Bright Baby Touch and Feel)
ZooBorns Motherly Love: Celebrating the Mother-Baby Bond at the World’s Zoos and Aquariums
The Mixed-Up Chameleon
Bright Baby Touch & Feel Baby Animals (Bright Baby Touch and Feel)
Simple First Sounds Noisy Zoo
Bizzy Bear: Zookeeper
Edward the Emu
My Heart Is Like a Zoo
The View at the Zoo
Last Night at the Zoo
Zoology for Kids: Understanding and Working with Animals, with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
Pat the Zoo (Pat the Bunny) (Touch-and-Feel)
A Friend at the Zoo (Bubble Guppies) (Pictureback(R))
Join the Zoo Hullabaloo!
Going to the Zoo
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo: A Counting Book
Sammy the Seal (I Can Read Level 1)
ZooBorns!: Zoo Babies from Around the World
Wild About Books
Curious George Goes to the Zoo with downloadable audio
Willie the Charismatic Kangaroo: The Beginning…
Field-Trip Fiasco (Mrs. Hartwells classroom adventures)
Eloise Visits the Zoo
If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo
The Zebra Said Shhh
Animal Strike at the Zoo. It’s True! Book and Audio CD Set (Paperback Book and Audio CD)
Zachary’s Zoo: Biblical Values (I Can Read!)
Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, An Actual-Size Animal Encyclopedia
Pinkalicious and the Pinkatastic Zoo Day (I Can Read Level 1)
Wonderfully Made (Everyday Zoo)
Zoolarious Animal Jokes for Kids
Young Cam Jansen and the Zoo Note Mystery
1 Zany Zoo
The Underpants Zoo
Zoo Guide: A Bible-Based Handbook to the Zoo
Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo
Z Is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet (Science Alphabet)
Which ones have you read and loved? Are there any that I need to add to my list?
Thanks for the big list, there sure are a lot of zoo themed books.