Suggested books

 

Monkey-Puzzle
 

Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
illus. Axel Scheffler
(Macmillan)

Jungle animals help a lost baby monkey find his mummy
 

Hug 

Hug and Tall by Jez Alborough
(Walker Books)

Stories with the familiar Monkey character


Not-my-lion 

That's not my Lion by Fiona Watt and Rachel Wells
(Usborne Touchy-Feely Board Books)

 

DearZoo 

Dear Zoo and Counting Bugs by Rod Campbell
(Campbell Books)

 

Bearobics 

Bearobics by Vic Parker
(Hodder Children’s Books)

Jungle animals take part in a musical workout

Tiger2  

Tiger by Nick Butterworfth
(HarperCollins)

A lively kitten imagines himself as an impressive and frightening Tiger.
 

AlligatorAlphabet 

Alligator Alphabet and Counting Cuckatoos
by Stella Blackstone and Stephanie Bauer
(Barefoot Books)

 

Giraffes 

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andrae
(Orchard Books)

Gerald the giraffe learns his own dancing style.

Monkey-trouble 

Monkey Trouble by John A. Rowe
(North-South Books)

A Monkey carried away by the wind needs to find his way home.

HomeForATiger 

Home for a Tiger, Home for a Bear
by Brenda Williams and Rosemund Fowler
(Barefoot Books)

Find out about the homes and habitats of a range of different animals

WalkingThroughJungle 

Walking Through the Jungle by Debbie Harter
(Barefoot Books)

A Singalong adventure through the deepest jungle

I-know-a-rhino 

I Know a Rhino by Charles Fuge
(Gullane Children’s Books)

Board book about a toddler and her cuddly toys.

LittleZeb 

Little Zeb’s Big Question and other books in the Little Zeb Series by Caroline Castle
(Hutchinson)

Zeb the Zebra asks lots of animals ‘How do you go?’

Wild-about-books 

Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
(Frances Lincoln Children’s Books)

Molly drives her library van to the zoo and finds the perfect book for each animal.

Jungle-Party 

Jungle Party by Brian Wildsmith
(Egmont)

Python suggests a party for all the animals in the jungle.

jazzy 

Jazzy in the Jungle by Lucy Cousins
(Walker Books)

A lift-the-flap book to find where Jazzy the lemur is hiding.