One morning the zoo keeper was late. The zoo animals had to wait for their breakfast. The hungry animals made a lot of noise, but they couldn't wake the zoo keeper up. Who had a good idea to wake him up?

"Readers are introduced to the many careers available at a zoo. Colorful sidebars encourage children to think, create, guess, and ask questions about a career working in a zoo"--Provided by the publisher.

"Where can you go to see lions, and tigers, and bears? You can go to the zoo! A trip to the zoo can be very exciting. A trip to the zoo is also a great way to learn about animal habitats in faraway places."-- Provided by publisher.

Little T remembers that she was frightened last time her family visited the zoo but not why, so her creative family helps by imitating animals from A to Z until she recalls exactly what caused her fear.

Are zoos ethical? There is not one right answer to this challenging question. Readers discover the different arguments that can be made in favor of and against zoos. These different points of view are presented with relevant facts to support them, encouraging readers to understand the different sides of the debate surrounding zoos. Clear main text, eye-catching fact boxes, and detailed graphic organizers help readers make their own informed opinion....

Uses basic vocabulary and vivid photographs to descrive a visit to the zoo.

Because his loud snores disturb all the other animals at the zoo, Bernard the otter tries to find a solution.

Based on six years of research, behind the scenes at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. A dramatic and moving true story of seduction and betrayal, exile and loss, and the limits of freedom on an overcrowded planet-- all framed inside one zoo reinventing itself for the twenty-first century.

Amelia Bedelia is heartbroken to miss her class field trip to the zoo. But then Amelia Bedelia gets an amazing idea -- why not design and build her own zoo in her backyard? She invites her friends to help (and bring their pets) and soon she has a snake, a cat, a gecko, a mouse, a sheep, and (of course) a puppy, as well as loads of other great exhibits and rides. Now, if only she can find the adorable squirrel monkey that escaped from the city zoo...

Fourth-grader Katie learns about nocturnal animals firsthand when the magic wind turns her into a bat during a class trip to the zoo.