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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 243 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
About a year ago, film started to circulate on YouTube® of a remarkable man named Kevin Richardson, an animal custodian in a South African animal park. The film showed Richardson in his day-to-day work, looking some of the world's most dangerous animals directly in the eye, crouching down at their level, playing with them and, sometimes, even kissing them on the nose-all without ever being attacked or injured. The films' popularity skyrocketed and...
3) Zookeeper
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship,...
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A.J. and his fellow third-graders from Ella Mentry School, including new student Alexia, go on a field trip to the zoo, where they meet a very strange zookeeper.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Looks at the inspiring story of Joan Procter, a pioneering female scientist who loved reptiles.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (11 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant she’s compelled to protect through the German blitz of Belfast during WWll speaks to not only the tragedy of the times, but also to the ongoing sectarian tensions that still exist in Northern Ireland today - perfect for listeners of historical and literary fiction alike.
Belfast, October 1940. Twenty-year-old zookeeper Hettie Quin arrives at the city...
Author
Series
Meg Langslow Mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
While digging a pool in the basement for a flock of penguins from the bankrupt local zoo, Meg Langslow's father accidentally stumbles upon a body buried beneath the floor, sending Meg on a desperate quest to find a killer.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When he misses his bus to the zoo, Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper who was up late planning a surprise for his friends, gets some unexpected help.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An adoptee sets out on Christmas to find her biological family but the deaths of two women in her small Amish town halt her search and bring more confusion to her truth seeking. When she tries to stave off advances from her parent's preferred suitor, she realizes the person she is meant to be with has been there all along.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Documents the true story of Warsaw Zoo keepers and resistance activists Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who in the aftermath of Germany's invasion of Poland saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish citizens by smuggling them into empty cages and their home villa.
Language
English
Description
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance....
14) Zookeepers
Author
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Zookeepers, vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover how zookeepers work in zoos to keep animals safe and healthy.
A labeled diagram helps readers identify tools of the trade, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about zookeepers online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Zookeepers also features reading tips...