This is the first in a series of 4 books that will tell the true and hilarious stories of animals that love hijinks. In this book you'll meet 3 naughty animals, including Fu Manchu, the orangutan escape artist.

Fu Manchu lived at the Omaha Zoo and would routinely break out of his habitat to explore the zoo on a nice day. Zookeepers were baffled as to how the ape was escaping, until one day they caught him in the act. Fu Manchu knew how to pick locks. Not only that, he had created his own tool that he used to pick the locks with, which he would store in his mouth so as not to be found out. This and two other charming stories will engage readers and leave them wondering if humans are really the smartest animals.

This book is part of a book series called National Geographic Kids Chapters .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 112 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2017 by National Geographic Kids .

ALINE ALEXANDER NEWMAN has been writing for National Geographic Kids Books and National Geographic Kids Magazine since 1998. She has a MS in Education from Syracuse University.