An upbeat, millennia-long history of animal keeping shares teacher-friendly facts about what zookeeping has taught humanity and how individual lives have been profoundly shaped by the wild creatures found in zoos all over the world.
Presents the lyrics to a song from the Broadway musical, "Do Re Mi," in which animals in an overcrowded zoo beg to be let out while accidentally stepping on one anothers trunks, quills, and toes.
Kathleen Krull and Marcellus Hall bring witty insight, jazzy style, and a globe-trotting eye to our millennia-long history of keeping animals -- and the ways animals have changed us in turn.
At The Zoo Children's book. This delightful series, compiled with the help of experts, is designed to amuse young children and stimulate them to talk, to encourage them to learn new words and to distinguish visual differences.
From Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page comes an early introduction to one of young readers' favorite places: the zoo!
Thanks to Bambi Godkin, Education Manager at Mill Mountain Zoo, for reviewing the accuracy of the zoo and conservation information, and to Derrick Pearson, sportscaster, for reviewing the basketball information in this book.
Gerald tells of the very unusual animals he would add to the zoo, if he were in charge.
Now children can walk through the zoo and count from one to ten with lions, monkeys, elephants, kangaroos and more! Young readers will recognize word patterns and find it easy to read along with this vibrantly-illustrated book.
A large, spotted animal discovers he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo. On board pages.
Zoos have changed a lot over the past hundred years. Zoos still display animals for people to marvel at and enjoy. But that's not all they do. Zoos work to conserve wildlife.