John Butler

In this counting book, Daisy's mother tells her of the many animals in the world who swim and play and fly while Daisy is asleep, from one tiger hunting in the jungle to ten penguins jumping out of the icy sea.

When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a young African hippopotamus from his mother, he finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant tortoise. Based on a true story.

Describes the various sounds that some domestic animals make.

Examines the world of fishes--from terrifying sharks to graceful sea horses--using a series of questions such as "What if a lungfish crawled out of the water?" and "What if a coral didn't build reefs?"

Baby forest animals awake in the morning and the world welcomes them.

Mandy's father promised to take Mandy and James to visit Folan's Racing Stables.

Mandy wonders if a mysterious foal is the ghost of a girl's horse which recently died.

Follows a mother polar bear and her two cubs from their birth to a dangerous encounter with a hungry male bear, describing how the mother protects her offspring until they can fend for themselves.

Anju the Asian elephant recalls her childhood in Sumatra, and the American circuses and zoos in which she toiled for fifty years, when she is loaded into a trailer truck and taken to a sanctuary. Includes advice on helping elephants and "Elephant Q&A".

A young orangutan gradually learns from his mother how to take care of himself in the rainforest where they live.