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Series
Pub. Date
2008
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When Lucy, a pregnant giant anteater from Belize, is blamed for killing the man found dead in her pen, California zookeeper Teddy Bentley races against time to find the real culprit before Lucy is shipped to another zoo, but her investigation is undermined by another murder, a threatened eviction, a father on the lam, and a socialite mother out to destroy her romance with Sheriff Joe Rejas.
Author
Series
Where the wild hearts are volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Love runs wild at the Sagebrush Flats Zoo...
In a bid to revitalize his career, bestselling author Magnus Gray has come to Sagebrush Flats to write about the local zoo's latest rescue-an orphaned baby polar bear. But Magnus dreads the drama of small towns and is bullishly determined to keep to himself.
June Winters is a people person, and delights in welcoming Magnus to Sagebrush Flats, though it seems unlikely she can get the handsome stranger to...
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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 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...
Author
Series
Lyle the crocodile (Bernard Waber) volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
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Lyle is perfectly happy living with the Primms on East 88th Street in New York City until Mr. Grumps, their irritable neighbor, has Lyle put in the zoo.
8) Zoobreak
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 2
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Description
After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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"-- Provided by publisher.
10) Pssst!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
The animals at the zoo have some unusual requests for a little girl who goes to visit.
11) Vampenguin
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Description
A young vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for a day of mischief and fun.
12) Ellie
Author
Series
Ellie (Mike Wu) volume 1
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2015.
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's Ellie the elephant who reveals a talent that just may keep the zoo open for good.
13) Monkey trouble
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 127
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Description
While spending two days touring a zoo to see the baby animals, the four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, help catch an escaped monkey, participate in a photography contest, and investigate a missing camera.
14) The wolf keepers
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Twelve-year-old Lizzie Durango lives in a zoo, spending her days taking note of the animals' behaviors, then she meets runaway Tyler Briggs and together they investigate the wolves who are suddenly dying.
Author
Series
Young Cam Jansen mysteries volume 13
Description
On a field trip to the zoo, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help solve what happened to Danny's lunch.
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"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--'Ah-choo!'--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."--Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 26
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Description
The Alden children investigate various mix-ups at a zoo run by their grandfather's friend in an effort to save it not only from pranksters but also from the town council.
19) The zoo box
Author
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"When Erika and Patrick's parents leave them home alone for the night, they head straight to the attic to explore. When they open a mysterious box, hundreds of animals come pouring out! Soon the town is awash in more and more zoo animals, until Erika and Patrick discover that the tables have been turned... and the animals now run a zoo full of humans!" -- from publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Mysteries on Zoo Lane volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Lions and tigers for neighbors? That doesn't bother Luke at all. It's making new friends that scares him. Not only has Luke had to move from Florida to New York because of his dad's new job as a zoo doctor, but he's also had to leave behind his best friend--his abuelo. When Luke discovers that there are other kids also living on Zoo Lane and that one of them might be the owner of a mysterious zebra-printed box left outside his house, he wonders if...
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