Stead, Philip Christian
Summary: 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, 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. -- From book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott SteadHanna, Jack
Summary: Describes the work zoo keepers do to care for various animals living in zoos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE HANStead, Philip Christian
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEKinoshita, Itaru
Summary: "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED... When dinosaurs were found to have survived to modern times, people were enthralled-until a catastrophic incident drove dino-mania to extinction. When Kaidou, who was there to witness it, opens up about what happened, the rookie keeper Suma Suzume learns more about the disaster-and her coworker-than she ever expected. But that's far from the only thing on her mind....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The stellar team of vets and animal care experts at Zoo Tampa are devoted to an exotic cast of animals, from African elephants and Bornean orangutans, to Florida panthers and Cuban iguanas. They continue their work to rescue and sustain endangered animals, and they welcome new members to this lovable zoo family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECRankin, Ellan
Summary: Inspired by a true story, a remarkable friendship between a baby elephant and her keeper shows that kindness is never forgotten. Includes a note about the zookeeper named Denise Weston Austin who protected the baby Asian elephant named Sheila during World War II in Belfast.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RANCrow, Sara
Summary: Learning good bathroom habits is more fun when you realize your heroes use the potty too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE CROWalsh, S. Kirk
Summary: "Belfast, October 1940. Twenty-year-old zookeeper Hettie Quin arrives at the city docks in time to meet her new charge: an orphaned three-year-old Indian elephant named Violet. As Violet adjusts to her new solitary life in captivity and Hettie mourns the recent loss of her sister and the abandonment of her father, new storm clouds gather. A world war rages, threatening a city already reeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2011
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Summary: "'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes . . . ' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling an unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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Summary: Looks at the inspiring story of Joan Procter, a pioneering female scientist who loved reptiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PRORutledge, Lynda
Summary: 1938: The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow Wilson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2021
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Summary: "1940. BRITAIN IS AT WAR WITH NAZI GERMANY. Eleven-year-old Eric practically lives at the London Zoo. And there's one animal in particular he loves to spend time with: Gertrude the gorilla. But with German bombs raining over London, Eric realizes Gertrude is in terrible danger, and together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WALFleming, Candace
Summary: "Readers are told the story of Helen Martini's care for lion and tiger cubs, and her emergence as the Bronx Zoo's first woman zookeeper"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARSummary: Jan and Antonina Zabinski, the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo in Poland, saved nearly 300 Jews during the Second World War. This is a poignant documentary that is an extraordinary true story about the humanitarian spirit, as exemplified by two people who, with enormous personal risk to themselves, faced the most challenging circumstances with bravery and decency. In 1965, Jan and Antonina Zabinski...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OFKinoshita, Itaru
Summary: "Suma Suzume, the newest keeper at struggling Enoshima Dinoland, has reached the end of her three-month orientation period. It's time for a new challenge: working alongside each of the department heads to find her permanent place on the staff! First on the list is Igarashi Keisuke, and Suzume will learn what makes him tick as they care for the park's pachycephalosaurs and stegosaurs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2023
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Summary: Although zoo keeper Bob McGrew enjoys taking care of the animals at the zoo, he does not like scooping up all the poop.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMASmallman, Steve
Summary: "Zookeeper Bob McGrew and poop collector Hector Gloop are back for another hilarious poop-filled adventure! The two, as well as all of the zoo animals, travel to an island in search of a sample of elusive dinosaur poop for Hector's collection. But when they get there, they are chased by a Tyrannosaurus rex--and bring home a special friend!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SMAHammond, Diane Coplin.
Summary: Having devotedly cared for a lone elephant at a dilapidated zoo for more than forty years, Samson hopes to be able to retire when he hires promising assistant Neva, who forces Samson to acknowledge that the elephant also needs the company of her own kind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMAndrews, Donna.
Summary: Meg becomes involved in a new mystery when penguins are found in her basement--and a dead body. It turns out that explaining the penguins' presence is easy--Meg's dad volunteered to take care of the birds until the future of the bankrupt local zoo could be determined. But identifying the body proves a harder task--could it be, as Meg fears, that of the vanished zoo owner? In the small...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDHanna, Jack
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.0889 HANKinoshita, Itaru
Summary: Dino on the loose. Suma Suzume is getting ready for her first winter as a dinokeeper at the struggling Enoshima Dinoland, but she's got more to deal with than just keeping dinosaurs warm and cozy. When a report comes in that a Velociraptor is roaming the streets of Japan, Suzume and her coworker Kaido are sent to help! Can they bring the raptor back unharmed?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment, Inc. 2024
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Summary: "From the bestselling author of Bird Box, a novella collection in which every story reveals a sinister secret about a mysterious small town. The town of Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you'll discover the secrets that hide behind the town's closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MALCallaghan, Louise
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2020