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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.
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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...
5) Zoobreak
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Series
Swindle mysteries volume 2
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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.
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My weirder school volume 1
Pub. Date
c2011
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A.J. and his fellow third-graders from Ella Mentry School, including new student Alexia, go on a field trip to the zoo, where they meet a very strange zookeeper.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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Attending the opening of a magnificent zoo in China where a newly discovered animal species is being housed, National Geographic expert Dr. CJ Cameron confronts unexpected dangers posed by the mysterious creatures.
"The all-new thriller from #1 internationally bestselling author Matthew Reilly! It is a secret the Chinese government has been keeping for forty years. They have found a species of animal no one believed even existed. It will amaze the...
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Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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"An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can't remember what happened before a tornado swept her away when she was a toddler. All she knows is that it landed her near an enclosure in a Nebraska zoo; and there an elephant named Nyah protected her from the storm. With no trace of her birth family, Lex grew up at the zoo with Nyah and her elephant family; her foster father, Roger; her best friend, Fisher; and the wind whispering in her ear. Now...
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Amelia Bedelia chapter books volume 4
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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"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"--
13) Vampenguin
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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A young vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for a day of mischief and fun.
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Captain Awesome volume 10
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"On a class field trip to the Sunnyview Memorial Zoo, Eugene McGillicudy's favorite animals--the elephants--are missing! Is Randy the tour guide really the evil Raging Radonkey, trying to ruin the field trip? Can the Sunnyview Superhero Squad save the day and find the elephants?"--
15) Penguins
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Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Penguins at the zoo have an exciting afternoon when one finds a camera left behind by a visitor.
16) The menagerie
Author
Series
Menagerie volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"When twelve-year-old Logan Wilde wakes up to discover a baby griffin hiding under his bed, he suddenly finds himself thrown into a mystery involving his classmate Zoe Kahn and a magical menagerie right in the middle of his sleepy Wyoming town."--
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Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Description
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.
18) Dragon on trial
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Series
Menagerie volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Description
Someone or something has murdered the goose who laid the golden eggs, and the evidence points to a dragon named Scratch. But this mystery won't be that easy to solve, Zoe and Logan are back on the case in another exciting fantasy adventure.
20) Pony problems
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Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 3
Description
Nancy Drew investigates when a pony from the petting zoo keeps escaping from his pen.