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Wild Animal Picture Books A Select List of Brown County Library Children’s Books (Toddler – Early Elementary) Click on each title below to see the library's catalog record. Then click on the title in the record for details, current availability, or to place a hold. For additional books and items on this theme,

ask your librarian or search the library’s online catalog.

* = TODDLER TITLES

Alligators & Crocodiles Clarabella’s Teeth by An Vrombaut

Daffodil, Crocodile by Emily Jenkins

Dangerous! by Tim Warnes

Doodle Bites by Polly Dunbar*

Duck and Cover by Jackie Urbanovic

The Fantastic Mr. Wani by Kanako Usui

I Want a Hug by John Rowe

I’d Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio

The Kindhearted Crocodile by Lucia Panzier

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (series) by Bernard Waber (ages 5+)

No Laughing, No Smiling, No Giggling by James Stevenson

The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett*

Open Very Carefully by Nick Bromley

The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli*

Winston & George by John Miller

Elephants Babar (series) by Laurent de Brunhoff

Big and Little by John Stadler

Big Little Elephant by Valeri Gorbachev

Elecopter by Michael Slack*

The Elephant Wish by Lou Berger (ages 6+)

Elephant’s Story by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Elmer (series) by David McKee

Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco

Hide and Seek by Il Sung Na*

Horton Hatches the Egg/Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss (ages 5+)

I’ve Got an Elephant by Anne Ginkel

June and August by Vivian Walsh

Little Elephants by Graeme Base

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Meet Me at the Moon by Gianna Marino

The Mightiest by Keiko Kasza

Mr. Elephanter by Lark Pien

My Cat, The Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet

My Elephant by Petr Horacek

A New Home for Kai-Mook by Guido van Genechten

Oliver’s Tree by Kit Chase

Pomelo Begins to Grow/Pomelo’s Opposites by Ramona Badescu

Quick, Slow, Mango! by Anik McGrory

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

Tweak, Tweak by Eve Bunting*

What Elephant? by Genevieve Cote

What to Do if an Elephant Stands on Your Foot by Michelle Robinson

Where’s Tumpty? by Polly Dunbar*

Lions Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett

Christian, the Hugging Lion by Justin Richardson

Dandelion by Don Freeman

The Happy Lion Roars by Louise Fatio

Honey, Honey - Lion! by Jan Brett

How to Hide a Lion by Helen Stephens

If I Were a Lion by Sarah Weeks

Just Like My Papa by Toni Buzzeo*

Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen

The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

A Lion Named Shirley Williamson by Bernard Waber

Lion vs. Rabbit by Alex Latimer

The Lion’s Share by Matthew McElligot (ages 6+)

Mouse and Lion by Rand Burkert

Pig Pig Meets the Lion by David McPhail

Willoughby and the Lion by Greg Foley

Monkeys & Other Primates Archie and the Pirates by Marc Rosenthal

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

The Color Box by Dayle Ann Dodds*

Curious George (series) by H.A. Rey

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Ding Dong Ding Dong by Margie Palanti

Ding! Dong! Gorilla! by Michelle Robinson

Five Little Monkeys (series) by Eileen Christelow

Furious George goes Bananas by Michael Rex (ages 5+)

Gary and Ray by Sarah Adams

Go-Go Gorillas by Julia Durango

Gorilla! Gorilla! by Jeanne Willis

Hug/Tall/Yes by Jez Alborough*

Little Beauty by Anthony Browne

Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein*

Little Monkey Lost by Keith Du Quette

Me - Jane by Patrick McDonnell

A Mom for Umande by Maria Faulconer

The Monkey goes Bananas by C.P. Bloom

Monkey Ono by J.C. Phillips

One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Anthony Browne

Seven Spunky Monkeys by Jackie French Koller

Suryia and Roscoe/Suryia Swims by Bhagavan Antle

There was an Old Monkey who Swallowed a Frog by Jennifer Ward

Two Little Monkeys by Mem Fox*

Tigers Beware of Tigers by Dave Horowitz

The Dancing Tiger by Malachy Doyle

It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle

Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus

Little Lost Tiger by Jonathan London

Me Want Pet! by Tami Sauer*

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Read to Tiger by S.J. Fore

Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue

Whatever by William Bee

Wild Animals Galore

Animal Boogie by Debbie Harter

Animal Masquerade by Marianne Dubuc

Bedtime in the Jungle by John Butler*

Cool Time Song by Carole Lexa Schaefer

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Do Lions live on Lily Pads? by Melanie Walsh

The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base (ages 6+)

Emma’s Turtle by Eve Bunting

Extraordinary Pets by Harriet Ziefert

For Just One Day by Laura Leuck

A Giraffe Did One by Jerry Pallotta

Gobble It Up: A Fun Song about Eating by Jim Arnosky

The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry (ages 5+)

Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson

Hello Baby! by Mem Fox*

Hello!: Is this Grandma? by Ian Whybrow

Hush!: A Thai Lullaby by Mingfong Ho*

If All the Animals Came Inside by Eric Pinder

If I were a Jungle Animal by Amanda Ellery

Jungle Bullies by Steven Kroll

Kiss! Kiss! by Margaret Wild*

Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett

A Monkey among Us by Dave Horowitz

Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett*

Monkey See, Look at Me! by Lorena Siminovich

Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora

Oh, No! by Candace Fleming

Orangutans are Ticklish: Fun Facts from an Animal Photographer by Steve

Grubman

Rhino’s Great Back Itch! by Natalie Chivers

The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory

“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly” said the Sloth by Eric Carle

Starry Safari by Linda Ashman

Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen

Tumble Bumble by Felicia Bond*

The Umbrella by Jan Brett

Sitting in My Box by Dan Lillegard

Warning: Do not Open this Book by Adam Lehrhaupt

We’re Roaming in the Rainforest by Laurie Krebs

Where’s My Mom? by Julia Donaldson

You are a Lion!: And other Fun Yoga Poses by Taeeun Yoo

Zoe’s Jungle by Bethanie Murguia

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