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"Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are 'pure reading pleasure' (Booklist). The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large, and very rare Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those...
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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.
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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Your favorite characters are back in their most hilarious adventure yet! Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are on the run through Europe in this wildly-entertaining and outrageous comedy critic's call 'charming and very funny'! With the fame-loving King Julian and take-charge Penguins, the whole crew joins the circus to escape Captain Dubois of Animal Control.
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"Discover how zookeepers use math every day. Use real life data to make actual zookeeper calculations. Practice your math skills doing fun activities. Learn facts about zookeepers and zoo animals. With more than 50 math questions and activities, this entertaining series reinforces the math studied in school, plus literacy skills and science"--Cover.
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EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2010
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Zoo animals explain how they enjoy themselves after the last humans have departed. Tenth in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new skills, and guidance notes on reading with children.
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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.
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Zoo Patrol Squad volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Timid Fennlock Fox and eager newcomer Penny the Pig team up to follow clues and track animals that have disappeared from Wild Zoo Yonder, becoming the first Zoo Patrol Squad. Includes facts about fennec foxes, naked mole rats, swine, and otters.
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Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2022.
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It is Fiona's birthday, and fans from all over the world are sending her cards and gifts, she is giving interviews and having her picture taken, and with all the fuss she is neglecting her zoo friends--and when her mother points this out she decides to throw her own party, with gifts for all her animal friends.