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  NOSEY'S BIG MOVE

Nosey prepares for a big move to a beautiful, new home. She is terrified as a huge circus elephant, a tractor, and keepers walk with her along the wild side. She cries "Goodbye" to her friends Clyde, the camel, and Mr. Rooster. Her old friends cheer as she passes by. Something is missing in her new home until the zookeeper remembers and runs back for it.


LONGO AND HIS NEW SHOES

Longo, a handsome male Masai giraffe, met Fresnella and Skyla and fell in
love. Unfortunately, his back legs were in a lot pain. To fix it, he had
to wear specially made high heeled horse (giraffe) shoes and he turned red
with embarrassment. Soon he felt better and began to chase the females.
This led to a happy ending.


Copy of nosey book cover.jpgNOSEY THE ELEPHANT

 Nosey came from Thailand by boat through a terrible storm. Children, desperately wanting an elephant for their zoo, raised money to purchase her. Upon arrival, she led a parade down Main Street. Once she ran away and keepers had to chase her.  At the end of the parade she wouldn't get in the truck for the ride to the zoo so hundreds of people walked with her .   She rewarded them with  sprays of water. 

Comment   "My son, Aaron, is almost three and absolutely loves your book about Nosey.  It's one of the first books he ever retold.  He has a little plastic elephant that he calls "Nosey" and very soon after he started to speak clearly enough for us to understand him we caught him bouncing her on the floor saying "No boats! No trucks!"  very emphatically!  He also points out every water tower we go by thanks to your book.  Your collaborations with Mr. Hergenroeder are doubly marvelous because his pictures capture so much of Fresno so well. " Marcia

 

 
Moja the Lion Goes to the Dentist 

Moja, the Lion, was a housepet  before going to a zoo.  One day the zoo vet noticed that Moja was rubbing his jaw and not eating.  He called a local dentist who made an appointment for the lion to come to his office on Halloween Day.   Moja's twitched and yawned while the dentist pulled his tooth.  The dentist ran out of the room shouting, "Give him more sleeping medicine."



 azakAzak Learns to Read

Azak, the orangutan, was worked with every day for 22 months.  Azak learned her colors, shapes, capital and lower case letters.    Azak could put letters in order to ask for hugs, bananas, or juice.  But when things didn’t go her way, she  would throw a big temper tantrum, then come running back for a bug slurpy kiss.