Finding The Jaguars
A jaguar looking at you through flowers.
Written by Maureen Cadigan, Catherine Lunde, and Gail Rabin from the Beebe School in Malden, Massachusetts
Illustrated by Darcy Schwartz and Gail Rabin

A boy and girl outside a home.
On a bright spring morning, Collette and Jimmy went to the zoo.

A boy and girl talking to each other.
Collette, what animals do you want to see today at the zoo?” asked Jimmy.  "I want to see the jaguars ," answered Collette.

A boy and girl leaving home.
“Cool!” said Jimmy. “Let’s go.”

The children see goats on a hill at the zoo.
When Jimmy and Collette arrived at the Stone Zoo , they saw the mountain goats climbing up the hill. “Great,” said the children.

The boy and girl are wondering where to find the jaguars.
“But where are the jaguars?”

Monkeys swinging in the trees and eating bananas.
Next, they saw five little brown monkeys swinging from tree to tree.
"Look at them play," said Collette.

The boy and girl are wondering where to find the jaguars.
But where are the jaguars?”

A lion sleeping with her cubs.
Slowly Collette and Jimmy approached the lion ’s den.  The lion was sleeping peacefully next to its cubs. “We love seeing the lions ,” said the children.

The boy and girl are wondering where to find the jaguars.
But where are the jaguars?”

Pink flamingos standing in water.
After that, they saw the long legged, pink flamingos standing in the water. “That must be fun,” said the children.

The boy and girl are wondering where to find the jaguars.
“But where are the jaguars?”

The boy and girl see the zookeeper.
Suddenly, the children spied the zookeeper walking towards them.
“Miss Zookeeper , please tell us, where are the jaguars?”

The boy and girl tell the zookeeper about the animals they saw.
We have seen the mountain goats climbing, monkeys swinging, and flamingos wading. We even saw lions sleeping," said Collette and Jimmy

The zookeeper shows the children where the jaguars are.
"But...where are the jaguars ?" the children asked the zookeeper .  The zookeeper chuckled and said, “All you need to do is turn around. The jaguars are right over there eating their lunch.”

The boy, the girl,and the zookeeper look at jaguars.
Finally, Jimmy and Collette saw the jaguars.

A jaguar looking at you through flowers.
“Look!” the children cried.  “There are the jaguars!”

 
 
THE END

To Kim Kezer for all your help and support and to the children at the Beebe School.

This book is an adaptation of 'Where are the Jaguars?' by Maureen Cadigan, Catherine Lunde, and Gail Rabin from the Beebe School in Malden, Massachusetts.

Special thanks to the Massachusetts Department of Education whose funding supported teachers and parents in the development of this story. © CAST, 2005

Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to use the following materials in this book:
 
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