Hanna, 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 HANSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECValdez, Patricia
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 PROFleming, 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 OFMiedoso, Andres
Summary: For this case, Desmond and Andres off to the zoo! Zoo field trips are the best. You get to ride in a bus, you get to spend the day outside, and all the animals are safely far away in their enclosures. Nothing scary here, right? Wrong! Leave it to Desmond Cole to find the one zookeeper who’s also a zombie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2021
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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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAITH, ABU CALHanna, Jack
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.0889 HANJenkins, Steve
Summary: Going to the zoo is so exciting! You might see penguins swimming underwater, snakes sunning in the reptile house, or giraffes eating leaves out of high trees. You might even see people at the zoo, ones just like you! But what do those people do?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590.73 JEN2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JEN
Ackerman, Diane.
Summary: When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into the empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.53 ACKAckerman, Diane.
Summary: The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Żabińskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 ACKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 ACKCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.53 AckDeedrick, Tami.
Summary: A simple introduction to the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of zoo keepers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636.08 DEEArmstrong, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Lynn)
Summary: "A memoir from an influential Columbus Zoo gorilla keeper and conservationist"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trillium, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARMSTRONG, ELIZABETH ARMSummary: 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,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ZOOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ZOOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Zookeeper's 2017Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZOO RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZoMikowski, Tracy L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Nature MikowskiCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MIKWalsh, Robb
Summary: Compiles chili recipes and recipes that incorporate chili, including such offerings as lobster chili, green chile chicken, Branson chili cheese fries, and pork and whiskey chili.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2015