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My weirder school volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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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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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Zoos are amazing places to see and learn about the many native and exotic of animals that inhabit this world. Some animals are plentiful while others are threatened or in danger of extinction. Zookeepers not only feed and care for these animals, they may also be helping to conserve and protect whole species through breeding and "head start" programs. Follow the extraordinary duties of these unusual animal helpers in this behind-the-scenes photographic...
4) Zoo workers
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English
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Discusses the job requirements, training, education, and career opportunities available to those pursuing a career as a zookeeper.
8) Zookeepers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In Zookeepers, vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover how zookeepers work in zoos to keep animals safe and healthy.
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"The Elephant of Belfast chronicles a seven-month period of time when the Germans unexpectedly bombed Belfast, Northern Ireland, also known as the Belfast Blitz. Through the lens of the Bellevue Zoo and one of its zookeepers, twenty-year-old Hettie Quin, the novel animates how the war irrevocably impacted-and shaped the lives of Belfast's citizens in broad and intimate ways. In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving...
10) Zookeepers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Zookeepers are people who take care of animals at the zoo. Read this book to learn about the kinds of things zookeepers do every day.
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Where the wild hearts are volume 2
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English
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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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"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 Laith, the "Father of Lions" and his protégées and family...
13) Zookeeper
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Do you enjoy going to the zoo? Do you love wild animals? Discover if becoming a zookeeper is the path for you!--
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Meg Langslow mysteries volume 8
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English
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Maybe there are people in Antarctica with penguins in their basements, but in Virginia? Finding a body down there is somewhat more likely for Meg. Explaining the penguins' presence is easy; Meg's dad volunteered to take care of the birds until the future of the bankrupt local zoo could be determined. But identifying the body in the basement proves a harder task. Meg and Michael have been planning to elope to avoid the elaborate wedding their mothers...
15) Zooman Sam
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Sam Krupnik volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.
16) Wild on my mind
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Where the wild hearts are volume 1
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English
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"Love runs wild at the Sagebrush Flats Zoo, where a motley crew of big-hearted animals helps the most unlikely couples find love. When Katie Underwood discovers a litter of newborn cougar cubs, the last person she expects to come to the rescue is her former crush--and high school nemesis--Bowie Wilson ... As a single father and owner of a cash-strapped zoo, Bowie struggles to balance budgets while raising his pre-teen daughter and a host of rascally...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This beautifully illustrated children's book offers a sobering lesson about the horrors of war through the lens of a Japanese zoo during WWII.
At Tokyo's famous Ueno Zoo, a zookeeper recounts the story of three performing elephants-John, Tonky, and Wanly-who became casualties of the Second World War. As bombs fell nightly on the city, the zoo was in danger of destruction. In the interest of public safety, instructions were given to kill the potentially...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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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, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts....