With friendly facts, funny pictures, and animals galore, What's New? The Zoo! is history to roar for! Did you know . . . * The first zoo was established forty-three hundred years ago in what is now Iraq?* Aztec King Moctezuma II had such an incredible collection of animals that it took six hundred men and women to care for them?* Children across Great Britain wrote to Queen Victoria when Jumbo the elephant was sold away from the London Zoo?* Fifty...

Every day at the Athensville Zoo the peacocks are allowed to wander freely among the visitors, delighting and guiding kids and grownups alike, and kind, curious Plum is the peacock most proud of their responsibility.

Publisher Annotation: When a platypus stops by the zoo one day, all the animals assume he wants to join their zoo, and he is swiftly taken through a rigorous interview process. But the platypus is far too bland for the chameleons, he's not nearly graceful enough for the flamingos, and his tricks will never impress the monkeys. After he leaves, the animals soon regret their behavior, but . . . what's this? The platypus has left something behind. Perhaps...

Between the time the crowds leave the zoo and the zookeeper makes her rounds, the animals come out for a rousing game of basketball.

Roscoe the raccoon longs to get into the zoo, where there's lots of food and regular feeding hours.

The animals at the zoo have some unusual requests for a little girl who goes to visit.

On a sleepy Sunday at the zoo, all the animals suddenly begin to sneeze.

This book introduces readers to the unique features of pythons. Basic information is covered, such as habitat, life cycle, range, diet, predators, prey, and threats. Table of contents, diagrams, interesting facts, glossary, and index are included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Detailed maps Glossary of key words Index Infographics Table of contents...

This book introduces readers to the unique features of eagles. Basic information is covered, such as anatomy, life cycle, habitat, range, and diet. Table of contents, diagrams, interesting facts, glossary, and index are included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Detailed maps Glossary of key words Index Infographics Table of contents This stimulating...

Twelve-year-old Teddy investigates when a popular Texas zoo's star attraction-- Henry the hippopotamus-- is murdered.