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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An anteater, an elephant, a turtle, and a flamingo break out of City Zoo and, disguised as people, try to make a life for themselves on the outside.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Simple rhyming text describes a day in the life of two babies as they greet the day, go to the zoo with their mothers, and return home at night.
83) How to be famous
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Take a trip through the zoo with this irrepressible pigeon, as she preens and poses alongside all the animals, right up to the sharp teeth of a grumpy lion ...
84) Amadou's zoo
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Amadou has waited...and waited...and WAITED for his class trip to the zoo. But when they arrive, his teacher would rather talk about rules and facts. So, Amadou eagerly explores the zoo in his own special way--by allowing his imagination to lead. As more and more classmates follow him into his irresistible world of adventure, the sepia-toned zoo fills with vibrant color. Only one question remains--will Amadou's teacher follow, too?"--description...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Walrus and Penguin have escaped from the zoo! Will the zookeeper find them? Or will these clever runaways stay one step ahead disguised as subway riders, baseball players, and even grand opera performers? In this mischievous, wordless picture book, join Walrus and Penguin on their breezy escapade in the big city as they find fun wherever they go.
Author
Series
Irving and Muktuk stories volume 1
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Irving and Muktuk, two polar bears, enjoy themselves so much when Larry comes to visit them that the next time they escape from the zoo in Bayonne, New Jersey, they decide to pay a visit themselves.
89) The secret zoo
Author
Series
Secret Zoo volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
91) The sloth's eye
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1948 Milwaukee, twelve-year-old Nick's expectations for summer crumble when he ends up working at a frozen custard stand at the zoo, but with a competitor who plays dirty tricks and a runaway polar bear Nick's summer turns out more eventful than he imagined.
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
During a visit to the zoo, Pop and Sam grow tired but while they are napping, not only does the zoo close for the day but the animals come out to play--with Pop's cell phone.
95) Zoobreak
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.
97) Floater
Author
Publisher
Future House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
When a small boy wakes up, he discovers that he is floating, and with the help of his best friend, spends the day floating to school and to the zoo on a field trip.
99) We bought a zoo
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A memoir by Benjamin Mee, tells the true account of how the author and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside. Mee, along with his children, had to balance caring for his wife, who was dying of brain cancer, with dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening.
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