These six books in my Zoo Animals series were published by Carolrhoda (Lerner) in 1999 but have been out of print for some time. I am always sad when my books go out of print so I am thrilled to have this series available again, now in a digital format. The new versions, published by StarWalk KidsMedia, can be downloaded from Amazon for your Kindle. They are also in the StarWalk KidsMedia catalogue available for school and library and home subscription. They are perfect as read-alouds for young children and to be read alone by children in the primary grades.The books in this series are illustrated with wonderful photographs by Richard Hewett. We spent many hours together at zoos watching animals and waiting for just the right moment to take a picture. It is important to have LOTS of patience when photographing animals. You can't ask an elephant to "just turn a little more this way, please!" Even though the photos look as if we were close to the animals, we were always safely on the other side of a fence or inside a vehicle. Richard used a telephoto lens to make the animals seem close-up. While he took pictures, I watched and listened to the animals and took notes that later helped me to write the books.
Click on the links below for the Amazon pages for these books.
- Playtime for Zoo Animals
- Mealtime for Zoo Animals
- Splashtime for Zoo Animals
- Noisytime for Zoo Animals
- Sleepytime for Zoo Animals
- Mother and Baby Zoo Animals
