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Author
Series
Virgil Flowers mysteries volume 9
Language
English
Description
"Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are "pure reading pleasure" (Booklist) The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A skill-building reader for young ZooBorns fans features a sequence of adorable baby animals, from hippos and elephants to dolphins and seals, who manage the summer heat by splashing in the cool water.
5) Giraffe
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to giraffes, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"The Elephant of Belfast chronicles a seven-month period of time when the Germans unexpectedly bombed Belfast, Northern Ireland, also known as the Belfast Blitz. Through the lens of the Bellevue Zoo and one of its zookeepers, twenty-year-old Hettie Quin, the novel animates how the war irrevocably impacted-and shaped the lives of Belfast's citizens in broad and intimate ways. In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving...
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
King Julien is celebrating his own holiday. The zoo animals want nothing to do with it! But then Maurice promises them candy. Will sweets be enough to make the animals put up with Julien's crazy ways.
9) Zookeepers
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
FunJungle volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
For once, operations at the enormous zoo/theme park appear to be running smoothly and Teddy Fitzroy is finally able to give detective work a rest. But then a local lion is accused of killing a famous dog, and the dog's owner goes on a crusade to have the cat hunted. But it looks like the lion might have been framed, and a renegade animal activist wants help to prove it. Soon, Teddy finds himself wrapped up in the middle of his most bizarre, hilarious,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a visit to the zoo, a little boy imagines what it would be like to be various animals, such as a hippopotamus or a penguin, and listens as his mother explains how all parents keep their young ones safe.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into the empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Inspired by true events, this part adventure, part historical saga and part coming-of-age love story follows Woodrow Wilson Nickel as he recalls his journey in 1938 to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo.
"Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes...' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces young children to the important work of zookeepers in protecting animals under their care, depicting such lesser-known jobs as playing soccer with rhinos and trimming elephant toenails.
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