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Babies at the Zoo

Part of At the Zoo

Illustrated by Lala Watkins
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Board Book
$8.99 US
7"W x 7"H | 5 oz | 1 per carton
On sale Apr 21, 2026 | 24 Pages | 9781536237771
Age 2-5 years | Up to Kindergarten

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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 favorite 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.
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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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 favorite 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.

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.
Smithsonian Institution View titles by Smithsonian Institution