41 books
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27 voters
Zoos Books
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The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.27 — 211,431 ratings — published 2012
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.49 — 92,040 ratings — published 2007
A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott Medal Winner)
by (shelved 12 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.26 — 21,893 ratings — published 2010
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,231 ratings — published 2010
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,665 ratings — published 2007
Good Night, Gorilla (Board book)
by (shelved 8 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.24 — 51,999 ratings — published 1994
West With Giraffes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.32 — 202,561 ratings — published 2021
Belly Up (FunJungle, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.21 — 16,602 ratings — published 2010
The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and their Patients (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,680 ratings — published 2007
The Opposite Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.62 — 501 ratings — published 2016
We Bought a Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.54 — 8,118 ratings — published 2008
Amos McGee Misses the Bus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.17 — 696 ratings — published 2021
Xander's Panda Party (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,519 ratings — published 2013
My Heart Is Like a Zoo: A Story About Feelings, Emotions, and Self-Expression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,654 ratings — published 2009
Wild About Books (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,906 ratings — published 2004
Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.63 — 3,769 ratings — published 2019
Fierce Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.52 — 24,937 ratings — published 2017
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.49 — 10,709 ratings — published 2015
The Zoo on the Road to Nablus: A Story of Survival from the West Bank (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.63 — 83 ratings — published 2008
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.58 — 10,055 ratings — published 2010
The Modern Ark: The Story of Zoos: Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.88 — 66 ratings — published 1951
Sailing With Noah: Stories from the World of Zoos (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.23 — 69 ratings — published 2006
The Peaceable Kingdom: A Year in the Life of America's Oldest Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.20 — 54 ratings — published 1988
Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.21 — 509 ratings — published 2020
The Elephant's Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,174 ratings — published 2020
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.12 — 456 ratings — published 2017
Oh No, Bobo!: You're in Trouble (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.63 — 126 ratings — published 2019
Hippopotamister (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,312 ratings — published 2016
Zoobreak (Swindle, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,041 ratings — published 2009
Ida, Always (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.50 — 2,754 ratings — published 2016
Splat and the Cool School Trip (Splat the Cat)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.68 — 504 ratings — published 2013
New Worlds, New Animals: From Menagerie to Zoological Park in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.92 — 12 ratings — published 1996
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,759,761 ratings — published 2001
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,985 ratings — published 2014
Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.93 — 655 ratings — published 2006
Where's Walrus? And Penguin? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.95 — 650 ratings — published 2015
The Koala of Death (A Gunn Zoo Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.76 — 739 ratings — published 2010
The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth (Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,336 ratings — published 2014
The Anteater of Death (A Gunn Zoo Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,123 ratings — published 2008
What's New? The Zoo!: A Zippy History of Zoos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.66 — 175 ratings — published 2014
The Secret Zoo (The Secret Zoo, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,715 ratings — published 2007
Fraidyzoo: A Picture Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.09 — 887 ratings — published 2013
The Escape of Marvin the Ape (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.11 — 297 ratings — published 1992
Jungle Jack: My Wild Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.23 — 300 ratings — published 2008
“The rumour was that he wrestled gorillas in his spare time, two at a time, although to be honest, why London Zoo would let him wrestle one, let alone two of their Gorillas Marty wasn't sure.”
― Eco Worrier
― Eco Worrier
“So many of the animals are sensitive, exquisitely attuned to the emotional state of those around them. They can pick up the smallest frequencies of distress or anger, and it can make them act in ways that clueless keepers disapprovingly call "erratic." It's not erratic, though, to be influenced by the mood of someone close to you. Humans do it all the time.”
― The Island of Last Things
― The Island of Last Things


















