Zoos


The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only #1)
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott Medal Winner)
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
West With Giraffes
Belly Up (FunJungle, #1)
Good Night, Gorilla
Pssst
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients
The Opposite Zoo
We Bought a Zoo
Amos McGee Misses the Bus
Xander's Panda Party
My Heart Is Like a Zoo: An Award-Winning Picture Book About Emotions and Animals for Children (Ages 4-8)
Warning! Short Stories for Middle School Boys Only, Because G... by Gene J. MillerA Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. SteadDear Zoo by Rod CampbellPolar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr.Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
Children's Zoo Reads
61 books — 41 voters
We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin MeeOur Zoo by June MottersheadZoo Story by Thomas   FrenchBabylon's Ark by Lawrence  AnthonyThe Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Books about Zoos
42 books — 28 voters

Pride of Eden by Taylor  BrownSwamplandia! by Karen RussellWinged Obsession by Jessica SpeartNo Beast So Fierce by Dane HuckelbridgeStolen World by Jennie Erin Smith
Tiger King Readalikes
10 books — 6 voters
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. SeussLife of Pi by Yann MartelWater for Elephants by Sara GruenPenguins and Mortal Peril by Ruby LorenThe Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Zoos in Fiction
133 books — 29 voters


According to zoo historians Éric Baratay and Élizabeth Hardouin-Fugier, 79% of the San Diego zoo animals, for example, are bought on the black market.
Charles Danten, Un vétérinaire en colère - Essai sur la condition animale

As an avid fan of botanical gardens, I humbly suggest that as the captive animals retire and die off without being replaced, these biodiversity-worshipping institutions devote more and more space to the wonderful world of plants.
Emma Marris, Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

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