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44) Belly up
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction--Henry the hippopotamus--is murdered.
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English
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Zookeeper Theodora "Teddy" Bentley takes Alejandro, the Gunn Zoo llama, to a Monterey Bay area Renaissance Faire. Soon after, Teddy stumbles upon the still-warm body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel. He is dressed in his royal robes as Henry VIII. At first it appears as if Alejandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look reveals a crossbow dart in the man's back.
Teddy's investigation proves the "reverend"
...46) The Secret Zoo
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Series
Secret zoo ; 1
Language
English
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When his sister disappears, Noah, along with their best friends, Ella and Richie, sneak into the neighborhood zoo and delve into the unknown world of the animals, where they discover a great secret that the zoo is protecting.
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English
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When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the crossfire at the heart of the city. Once Anthony entered Iraq, he discovered that hostilities and uncontrolled looting had devastated the zoo and its animals. Working with members of the zoo staff and a few compassionate U.S. soldiers, Anthony defended the zoo, bartered for food on war-torn streets, and scoured bombed...
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English
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"Follow the photographic journey of orphaned polar bear Kali (pronounced Cully) as he is rescued and whisked away to the Inupiat village of Kali (Point Lay in English). Villagers care for him until a plane flies him to the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage. There, he grows and learns skills from zookeepers filling in for his mother. Since young cubs need companionship, animal experts find a friend for Kali, Luna, a female polar bear, at the Buffalo Zoo in New...
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"Visiting the zoo is often a joyful part of childhood. Some people say that zoos help educate people about animals and can help with conservation. Other people say that animals should be able to live in the wild. Young readers may have never considered this issue before, so learning the arguments and facts can help open their mind to new ideas about a familiar situation. This book provides readers with tools . . . to make their own informed opinion...
52) The Lending Zoo
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Overseeing a "zoo-brary" that lends out all types of animals, librarian Miss Perkins discovers that the tiger has gone missing, a disappearance that triggers a citywide search alongside a new friend.
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English
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Beasts in My Belfry is the wonderfully funny memoir about Gerald Durrell's time at Whipsnade Zoo and his experiences as a young zookeeper. Following the Second World War, Durrell joined Whipsnade Zoo as a junior keeper – an opportunity that fulfilled a lifelong dream. Thanks to Rupert Degas's brilliant voicing, which captures all of Durrell's charm and wit, the listener can enjoy being taken behind the scenes of one of the world's very first zoos....
57) Primate school
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English
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"Gorillas using iPads, lemurs finger painting, squirrel monkeys popping bubbles... these primates are pretty smart! Learn how diverse the primate family is, and some of the ways humans are teaching new skills to their primate cousins." --
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Four children set out to capture a unicorn, but it manages to escape all of their traps. How to Catch series features one of the world's most elusive mythical creatures -- the unicorn! Filled with zany traps and lots of rainbow unicorn fun, this is the unicorn book of the year!
59) Zoo
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English
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs take young readers on a field trip to the zoo, introducing them to a variety of animals and showing them some of the activities they can enjoy there. Includes picture glossary and index"--
60) Still a gorilla
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English
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Willy the Gorilla imitates the other animals at the zoo, but despite pretending he remains always a gorilla.
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