Stead, Philip Christian

Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.

"The cruel North Wind and the kind Sun vie to take the coats from three sisters out on a walk.".

Zookeeper Amos McGee, who is adored by all the animals, gets some unexpected guests while home sick one day.

"On a peculiarly long night, three farm animals set out on a daring quest to bring the sunrise"--Provided by publisher.

Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.

When Amos McGee, zookeeper, caretaker, and good friend to the animals in the zoo, stays home with a cold, his animal friends miss him and worry about him. They take the bus to Amos' house later that day to visit him and do the things for their friend that he did every day for them.

"A wise old dog contemplates the limitless world of imagination through a window"--.

When he misses his bus to the zoo, Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper who was up late planning a surprise for his friends, gets some unexpected help.

"Aunt Josephine tells her niece Sadie the tale of her lifelong pursuit of a man-eating frog"--Provided by the publisher.

Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes time to visit his friends who live at the zoo until the day he stays home because he is sick.