"Pi Patel is an unusual boy. The son of a zookeeper, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior, a fervent love of stories, and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan,...

Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper.

At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.

Introduces brown bears, describing their size, diet, and habits and highlighting differences between those in the wild versus those in zoo habitats.

When zookeeper Walt announces that the zoo will have to close, all of the animals pitch in to try to save their home, but it's Ellie the elephant who reveals a talent that just may keep the zoo open for good.

An introduction to kangaroos, describing their size, diet and everyday behavior and highlighting differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

An introduction to alligators, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

Willy the Gorilla imitates the other animals at the zoo, but despite pretending he remains always a gorilla.

An introduction to flamingos, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

Investigating the murder of a reverend from a local wedding chapel, zookeeper Teddy Bentley discovers that the victim was actually an escaped convict and that every wedding he has performed is invalid, a case the implicates Teddy's mother and Teddy herself. Zookeeper Teddy Bentley takes Alejandro, the Gunn Zoo llama, to a Monterey Bay-area Renaissance Faire. When she discovers the body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel,...