Summary: A Day at the Petting Zoo is a beautifully designed reader about playing with animals. Cuddle a guinea pig, Feed a hungry rabbit. Meet these animals and more at the petting zoo!
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR GREEN DAYDetroit Zoological Institute
Summary: At the age of 75, the Detroit Zoo has had a long and fascinating life and has a story to tell-many stories, really-about its beginnings, its struggles and the achievements that today make it one of Michigan's most important resources for education about wildlife and action related to animal conservation and protection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Detroit Zoological Society 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 WONSummary: 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 SECSummary: The first program observes the Red panda and Giant panda (one of the world's most endangered mammals) in their natural habitat, the bamboo forest of China's "Mountains of the Sleeping Dragon" a national panda reserve. The second program features the San Diego Zoo's challenge to successfully breed and raise a Giant Panda in captivity. Spotlighted is Hua Mei the baby panda and staff from the San...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Questar 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NATThompson, Kim Mitzo.
Summary: Learn the names of the zoo animals and practice counting, too. Listen along to the CD, and you will feel you are right there at the zoo! Read the entire story in Spanish. Then, flip over the book and read the entire story in English!
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Twin Sisters IP, LLC 2007
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Summary: "This title invites readers to learn about zoos and their attractions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590.73 GAGOsburn, Mary Grace
Summary: Money and keeping track of spending are vital life skills as well as math standards. This curriculum-based book uses an entertaining setting, a zoo, and an appealing narrative to introduce and strengthen readers understanding of money concepts. Readers will be delighted by the many animals featured throughout, as well as the fun facts revealed about them. The cheerful text is accompanied by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 332 OSBMartin, Emmett
Summary: Science isn't just something you learn about in a book or in the classroom. There are plenty of science concepts to discover through a fun trip to the zoo. This exciting scenario is the gateway to some fascinating facts about elephants, lions, and other animals as well as an appreciation for wildlife. The accessible text is supported by colorful photographs of high-interest creatures that will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2019
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 590.73 MARDavies, Ben Ffrancon
Summary: "Venture behind the scenes to uncover the secrets of the amazing animals and army of staff that make up these awesome attractions and vital conservation centers. Find out what keeps zookeepers busy as they care for hundreds of different animals, from minimeerkats to enormous elephants. Learn how they create the perfect habitats, moreish meals, and fun enrichment activities to keep their animals...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2021
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590.73 KRUWhite, Betty
Summary: Noted television actress, impassioned lifelong animal welfare advocate, and author, Betty White offers intimate and funny stories about her animal friends at the zoo, enhanced by four-color photographs. This book is the passion project she has been working on for more than a decade; a love letter to zoos and to the animals in them, from a woman who admits she likes animals better than humans...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636.088 WHICallaghan, 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAITH, ABU CALFrench, Thomas
Summary: Based on six years of research, behind the scenes at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 590.73 FRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590.73 FREMartin, Isabel
Summary: "Simple text and full-color photographs take readers on a virtual field trip to the zoo"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2015
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Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at Siberian tigers living in a major natural-habitat zoo focusing on various aspects of tiger behavior, the care provided by the zoo, and the zoo's role in preserving endangered species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 1986
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 636 CAJSummary: When an unobservant zookeeper goes home, all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo follow him. On board pages.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons
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1 available in Juvenile Cares Kits, Call number: CARES KITSummary: It embraces the wild side of the Sunshine State. With a stellar zoo team devoted to the exotic cast of animals, this dedicated team cares for both their lovable zoo family as well as rescues and rehabs animals in need, including orphaned black bear cubs, injured panthers, manatees, otters, and alligators.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECBaratay, Eric.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Reaktion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590.73 BARMiedoso, 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: A former British newspaper columnist describes how he uprooted his family to the English countryside and purchased a dilapidated zoo, home to more than two hundred exotic animals, which he planned to refurbish and reopen as a family business, a scheme complicated by a lack of money, skeptical staff, family tension, and his wife's devastating illness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 MEESeaton, Bill.
Summary: "Public relations man Bill Seaton describes his fascinating experiences during his tenure at the world famous San Diego Zoo."--Cover [p. 4]
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Publisher / Publication Date: SP Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590.7 SEAMurray, Julie
Summary: Earth is home to millions of fascinating creatures! Start discovering them with Animal Kingdom. This exciting series explores amazing animal species from all over the world. Each book takes you on a thrilling animal adventure to meet a special creature. Discover what each animal looks like, wher it lives, how it survives, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books 2019
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Summary: If Gerald McGrew ran the zoo, he'd let all the animals go and fill it with more unusual beasts--a ten-footed lion, an Elephant-Cat, a Mulligatawny, a Tufted Mazurka, and others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1977