Zoo Animals in Our Storybooks

[Music] have you ever heard or read any stories about animals do you know this one about a baby elephant or this one about a giraffe here's a pretty scene from Bambi the story of a deer have you read a story about a sleepy little lion what is this animal reading animal stories can be even more fun when you know something about the animals and you can iron out the stories and even make up your own story here are some drawings of storybook animals we can see at the zoo the first one is from the story Goldilocks and the three bears it's a picture of mama bear and baby bear for who's missing Papa Bear here we see him walking home to his family but real bears at the zoo are not always so friendly these are black bear like the three bears in the story the Bears at the zoo are almost always hungry and always begging for a snack did you know that there's like all kinds of sweet things in the zoo they like candy corn peanut yes even ice cream [Applause] everybody likes to watch baby bears in stories they're always playful and bouncy the mother bear watches over her cubs until they are big enough to take care of themselves the Bears in animal stories do many different things there are some stories about bears that can climb rocks some stories are about there that can dance in a circus [Music] here are some more bear that might be able to dance I'm sure you know what kind they are polar bears you can recognize them because of their white fur they live in cold wintery lands near the mall you'll almost always find them a story about in Alaska in order to get food they have to know how to die [Applause] good catch if he weren't so fierce he might be a good ballplayer now that we have seen some bears don't you think reading stories about theirs will be more fun let's see what's next oh the Fox and the crow in most stories the Fox thinks very well of himself he's clever and sly what do you think of this real Fox at the zoo do you think he's trying to trick us by running in a circle have you ever heard people say clever as a fox see his quick listening ears and his sharp bright eyes would you like to read some more stories about the clever Fox oh the wolf of Little Red Riding Hood we all know this story do you think he looks greedy enough fierce enough do you think he looks like a wolf at the zoo now that's interesting the wolf sounds like a dog in fact they look something like police dogs but in the forests where they live and hunt for food and in nearly all stories they're much too while to be good pets do you know a musical story about a boy named Peter who captured a wolf now the king of the jungle is the lion and there are many stories about lions even in the zoo the lion looks like a king his walk is slow and stately he's sure no other animals will start a fight with him because if they do they'll just be asking for trouble of course even the Lord may dignified Lions have to play or are they playing yes they are do you know the story called Andy and the lion do you know any stories about Tigers are they sly and clever does this Tiger look like a good hunter in stories most animals are afraid of the tiger of course these tiger cubs are just playing have you ever seen kittens playing this way when look the zookeeper doesn't seem to mind their playing at all wouldn't it be fun to read a story about tiger cubs growing up in the zoo to be all grown Tigers my just listen to him snarl the tiger stripes help hide him from other animals in the jungle do you know of another animal that has bright stripes the zebra of course and there's a story called stripy a little zebra stories tell us that zebras can run very fast on their strong hosts and they certainly can don't you think the zebra looks like a pony in some stories the zebra is a friend of the giraffe have you ever read about a giraffe having trouble finding something to eat at the zoo we can find out why it's because he's so tall look how slowly and carefully they walked do you think you could walk like a giraffe a pole what a funny way to run and see how the giraffes eat leaves and twigs high up in the trees now there's a story about cecily giraffe and the nine monkeys and how many more stories there are about monkeys monkeys in the zoo monkeys in the circus monkeys with organ grinders look this baby monkey could be playing cowboy riding on his mother's back oh don't go too far away have you ever heard someone say he can climb like a monkey can you see the baby monkey drinking its mother's milk monkeys are quick to learn new things this monkey is trying to fish something out of the water well try again tomorrow but pretty soon they're back to running and playing and all sorts of monkey business that's why monkeys are so much fun to watch and so much fun to read about now let's see if your class can make up an animal story let's call it bumble the elephant to find out something about elephants let's go to the zoo first of all will your story be about Big Al or little elephants like this one playing in a mud hole well your story elephant have the big ears of an African elephant or the smaller ears of an Indian elephant the sound of the elephant elephants our favorite story animals because they can do many things with their trunks such as carrying hay and grass the elephant also drinks with his trunk and in circuses they use their trunks to pick up heavy loads if your story elephant is in a circus he'll have to learn to dance on his baby feet now you can begin your story of bumble the elephant and when you've finished you can draw some pictures of bumble and make up songs and even make up an elephant dance shall we try it [Music]