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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"George is excited to visit the zoo to see the new baby panda -- but when he's accidentally locked into the zoo at night, how will he get out? George must find a way to navigate his way out of the zoo and back home where he belongs!"--Amazon.
42) My school trip
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Jack and his class go on a field trip to the zoo, where they see many new animals, including zebras, monkeys, and peacocks.
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of a reverend from a local wedding chapel, zookeeper Teddy Bentley discovers that the victim was actually an escaped convict and that every wedding he has performed is invalid, a case the implicates Teddy's mother and Teddy herself.
44) Ellie
Author
Series
Ellie (Mike Wu) volume 1
Publisher
Disney * Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When zookeeper Walt announces that the zoo will have to close, all of the animals pitch in to try to save their home but it is Ellie the elephant who reveals a talent that just may keep the zoo open for good.
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Every day at the Athensville Zoo the peacocks are allowed to wander freely among the visitors, delighting and guiding kids and grownups alike, and kind, curious Plum is the peacock most proud of their responsibility. But Itch the ningbing--a type of very small marsupial--doesn't understand why those birdbrains should get so much freedom while he's all cooped up. So he plots and plots, sure that he will escape and become the zoo ambassador!
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Marlin, a stutterer, can talk smoothly and freely with the jungle animals that populate his father's zoo in South America--until a mysterious man-eating black jaguar that his father catches and brings back home talks back"--
Author
Series
FunJungle volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teddy Fitzroy must solve the crime of the kidnapped rare and expensive panda, Li Ping.
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When raccoons invade the Athensville Zoo, it is up to Plum and his friends to save their beloved home.
51) The tiger's egg
Author
Publisher
NorthSouth Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Herman the tiger is grumpy because of all the noisy neighbors around him at the zoo. But when a defenseless little egg falls into his lap, suddenly the cranky cat's mood changes."--
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Two Feathers, a young Cherokee horse-diver on loan to Glendale Park Zoo from a Wild West show, is determined to find her own way in the world. Two's closest friend at Glendale is Hank Crawford, who loves horses almost as much as she does. He is part of a high-achieving, land-owning Black family. Neither Two nor Hank fit easily into the highly segregated society of 1920s Nashville. When disaster strikes during one of Two's shows, strange things start...
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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
Series
Secret Zoo volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Noah and his friends in the Secret Society join forces with four teens known as the Descenders to try to protect the Secret Zoo hidden below the Clarksville City Zoo from monstrous sasquatches and the evil Shadow Master.
57) Everyone counts
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Diverse animals, led by two rough, tough rhinos, work together to transform an old mall into a zoo--including the bugs the rhinos said were too small to count.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Oliver finds the perfect lollipop on his birthday trip to the zoo, and it's all he can think about ... No point roaring at the lions with his brother or engaging with any of the animals ... But when one particular zoo animal threatens to ruin the fun, Oliver learns that there's plenty more to see than the candy he'd been coveting. And sharing the day--and his sweets--with his brother might just be the most special treat of all
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After two and a half years of ISIS occupation, and months of fighting between the militants and government forces, the Mosul Zoo was one of the few outdoor attractions still standing in Iraq's second city, its inhabitants kept alive by Abu Laith, a square-set 50-something mechanic and passionate animal lover. As the animals began to starve under the siege by advancing Iraqi army forces, Abu Laith, the "Father of Lions" and his protégées and family...
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