Snoo’s Zoo

By Susan Katz

There once was a SNOO

Who invented a zoo

Where all of the creatures were rare.

The green TIPAROO,

The TICKLE-ME-TOO,

The whale-whiskered WHOMPUS were there

With the red-freckled CLAKE,

The wild KITTIWAKE,

And all of the FISH-OF-THE-AIR.

It seemed to this SNOO

That his preposterous zoo

Held the fairest of the fair.

As long as he slept,

They whickered and leapt,

But when he awoke, they weren’t there!

Illustrated by Shauna Mooney