Zoolightful Summer Reading List

 

The El Paso Zoo and the Westside Barnes & Noble Bookstore have teamed up to create a list of wonderful books featuring stories about animals, many of which the El Paso Zoo currently exhibits. You can read about them first, and then visit the El Paso Zoo to experience the same animals face-to-face in the Zoo's shaded surroundings. There are many books to choose from in different age categories ranging from Toddlers and Pre-K/Kindergarten to Juveniles and Adults. There are also books written in Spanish along with those in English. Among the selections, you'll see stories of African animals - like zebras, lions and giraffes that are coming soon to the El Paso Zoo's African Savannah exhibit which is currently under construction. Take some time this summer to read a book - and then visit the exciting and awesome animals right up-close at the El Paso Zoo.

El Paso Zoo & Barnes & Noble recommends:
Toddlers
A is for Zebra by Mark Shulman
Baby Animals by Angela Ildos
Dear Zoo: A Lift Flap Book by Rod Campbell
Touch and Feel: Wild Animals by Dorling Kindersly Publishing

Pre-K - Kindergarten
Animales llamados Mamiferos by Bobbie Kalman
Kumon My Book of Mazes: Animals by Kumon
Mis amigos, los animales by David le Jars
Un habitat de desierto by Bobbi Kalman

Juveniles
A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein
Bug IQ by Roger Priddy
Discoveries Bugs Sticker Book by B&N
DK Readers: Tiger Tales (Level 3:Reading Alone)
Eric Carle's Animals Animals by Eric Carle
Elephant (Watch Me Grow) by Lisa Magloff
Hunting with the Moon: The Lions of Savuti by Dereck Joubert
Little Sibu: An Orangutan Tale by Sally Grindly
Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth by Eric Carle
The Orangutan by Christie Sourd
The Story of the Giraffe by Guido Pigni
Tigers at Twilight (Magic Tree house Series#19)
Verdi by Jannell Cannon

Adults
Big Cats by Alice Tomsett
Birds of Prey by Paul Frost
Bird Songs by Les Beletsky
Oceans (Eyewitness Book Series) by Miranda Macquitty
Rainforest by Thomas Marent
Reading the Wild by Bev Doolittle
Tall Blondes by Lynn Sherr
The Wolf by Francesco Cesoni
Wildlife of North America by Thomas Lewis
World Wildlife Encyclopedia by Paragon Publishing