Babies at the Zoo

Name: Babies at the Zoo
Brand: Walker Books Australia
SKU: 9781536237771
Price: 16.99 NZD
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By Smithsonian Institution

Series: At the Zoo

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Oooh! Discover some impossibly cute baby animals at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, in a fun photographic board book created in collaboration with the Smithsonian. What’s more fun than watching animals? Watching baby animals! Bear cubs frolic together on a bright spring day. Sweet seal... Read More

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Oooh! Discover some impossibly cute baby animals at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, in a fun photographic board book created in collaboration with the Smithsonian.

What’s more fun than watching animals? Watching baby animals! Bear cubs frolic together on a bright spring day. Sweet seal pups snuggle up to their mamas. And cheetah cubs love to lounge peacefully in the grass.

With a rhyming text, photos of favourite animals, and doodles and drawings by Lala Watkins adding to the playful effect, this adorable board book offers a peek at the youngest zoo residents—for little enthusiasts of all species.

Series: At the Zoo

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Babies at the Zoo

Oooh! Discover some impossibly cute baby animals at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, in a fun photographic board book created in collaboration with the Smithsonian. What’s more fun than watching animals? Watching baby animals! Bear cubs frolic together on a bright spring day. Sweet seal pups snuggle up to their mamas. And cheetah cubs love to lounge peacefully in...

By Smithsonian Institution

Board book

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781536237771

Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.

Format: Board book

Date Published: 21 April 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Candlewick Entertainment

Contributors:

Illustrated by Lala Watkins

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 142g

Pages: 24

Collections

Children's Board Books Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: At the Zoo Smithsonian Institution

About the Author

Lala Watkins is the illustrator of the companion books Lunchtime at the Zoo and Snow Day at the Zoo. She is also the author-illustrator of Little Boo’s Halloween Party and Little Santa’s Workshop and the illustrator of Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging by Eric Adjepong. She lives in sunny Florida.

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