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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.
4) Zoo workers
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Discusses the job requirements, training, education, and career opportunities available to those pursuing a career as a zookeeper.
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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...
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Where's Walrus? volume 2
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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In this wordless picture book, follow Walrus on a happy-go-lucky spree through the big city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.
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"When zookeeper Theodora 'Teddy' Bentley fishes the body of Koala Kate out of Gunn Landing Harbor, she discovers that her fellow zookeeper didn't drown; she was strangled. The clues to Koala Kate's killer implicate other animal keepers at Gunn Zoo, including Outback Bill, marsupial keeper and Kate's Aussie ex-boyfriend; and Robin Chase, the big cat keeper who's got it in for Teddy. Also displaying suspicious behavior are several 'liveaboarders' at...
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My weirder school volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
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105 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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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.
11) See the keepers
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Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 DVD (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follows four zookeepers and explores the behind-the-scenes work at a zoo.
12) Peek Zoo
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Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021].
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1 DVD (183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Each episode of this series is a day in the life of proprietor and zookeeper Mr. Peek, his children Jimmy and Violet, and a dazzling array of different and exciting animals.
15) Knut & friends
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
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1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follow the young life of an adorable polar bear cub who beat the odds to not only thrive but become one of the most famous bears in the world. Learn how a caring Berlin zookeeper takes care of him, and of how a trio of polar bear newborns and two orphaned brown bears get into all sorts of mischief.
16) Zookeeper
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distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
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1 DVD (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship,...
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Forge
Pub. Date
2020.
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xii, 383 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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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...
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"'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes . . . ' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling an unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the...
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