Every day, Amos McGee takes the number 5 bus to get to his job at the zoo. He enjoys visiting his animal friends there: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl.
Ivy and Bean are as different as night and day and are sure they could never be friends. But they find out that they share a love of adventure after Bean plays a trick on her sister, Nancy, and Ivy comes to the rescue. The first in a series of books about the experiences the girls share.