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Language
English
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"An electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and her son, and the lengths she'll go to protect him. The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amelia Bedelia is sick the day her class goes to visit the zoo. She doesn't want to be left out, so she comes up with a brilliant idea--she'll create a zoo in her backyard, using all her classmates' pets. But she doesn't know exactly how to tell her parents about her great plan"--
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A millennia-long history of animal keeping shares facts about what zookeeping has taught humanity and how individual lives have been profoundly shaped by the wild creatures found in zoos all over the world.
6) Penguins
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Penguins at the zoo have an exciting afternoon when one finds a camera left behind by a visitor.
7) Zoo girl
Author
Publisher
Lion Children's
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Zoo girl has no family, and in the children's home, she feels lost and alone. On a trip to the zoo, she is accidentally left behind, but the animals love her. When she's discovered by the zoo keepers snuggled in a cage with the tigers then brought back to the orphanage, she doesn't want to go.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.
11) Zoo
Author
Series
Enclosure chronicles volume 1
Publisher
s.n.]
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of my time living in a zoo . . . I'm not really sure where to start, and you may have trouble believing me even as I tell you my story. My family did. They laughed the first time I told them, so now I just say it was all a crazy dream. You see, I died in a totally preventable car accident . . . or so I thought. When I opened my eyes, I was shocked to discover that I had been resurrected into the year 2282 and, just as unbelievably, was...
12) Zoo ah-choooo
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a sleepy Sunday at the zoo, all the animals suddenly begin to sneeze.
Author
Series
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Peek under leaves and behind doors to see the animals in the zoo in this delightful flap book for young children. With flaps and holes to peek underneath and through, noisy parrots, silly monkeys, very tall giraffes and lots more are revealed. Sure to become a firm favorite for young animal lovers."--
18) Vampenguin
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for a day of mischief and fun.
19) The panda puzzle
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the kidnapping of the new baby panda at the petting zoo.
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