# Put Me in the Zoo

**Author:** Robert Lopshire
**Grade range:** Grades K–1
**Age range:** 5–6
**First published:** 1960
**Page count:** 58
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780394900179`
**ISBN-10:** `0394900170`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/put-me-in-the-zoo
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A large, spotted animal discovers he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo.

## Themes

- animals
- stories in rhyme
- animals, fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades K-1 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades K-1 story exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)

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