42 books
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28 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 — 215,445 ratings — published 2012
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.49 — 92,643 ratings — published 2007
A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott Medal Winner)
by (shelved 12 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.26 — 21,952 ratings — published 2010
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,246 ratings — published 2010
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,738 ratings — published 2007
Good Night, Gorilla (Board book)
by (shelved 9 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.24 — 52,285 ratings — published 1994
West with Giraffes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.32 — 211,917 ratings — published 2021
Belly Up (FunJungle, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.21 — 16,948 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 3.99 — 1,699 ratings — published 2007
The Opposite Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.62 — 504 ratings — published 2016
We Bought a Zoo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.54 — 8,180 ratings — published 2008
Amos McGee Misses the Bus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 713 ratings — published 2021
Xander's Panda Party (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,526 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 — 2,658 ratings — published 2009
Wild About Books (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,912 ratings — published 2004
Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.63 — 3,795 ratings — published 2019
Fierce Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.52 — 25,186 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 — 10,815 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 — 10,100 ratings — published 2010
The Modern Ark: The Story of Zoos: Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.90 — 67 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 4.18 — 55 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 4.22 — 530 ratings — published 2020
The Elephant's Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,212 ratings — published 2020
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.11 — 465 ratings — published 2017
Oh No, Bobo!: You're in Trouble (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.62 — 127 ratings — published 2019
Hippopotamister (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,320 ratings — published 2016
Zoobreak (Swindle, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,100 ratings — published 2009
Ida, Always (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.50 — 2,770 ratings — published 2016
Splat and the Cool School Trip (Splat the Cat, 30)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.68 — 510 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 — 1,775,155 ratings — published 2001
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,005 ratings — published 2014
Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.93 — 657 ratings — published 2006
Where's Walrus? And Penguin? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.96 — 651 ratings — published 2015
The Koala of Death (A Gunn Zoo Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.77 — 749 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 3.74 — 1,142 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 — 7,935 ratings — published 2007
Fraidyzoo: A Picture Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.09 — 888 ratings — published 2013
The Escape of Marvin the Ape (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.11 — 299 ratings — published 1992
Jungle Jack: My Wild Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.23 — 301 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
“But without being able to definitively prove their objective final value, things get a little trickier when saving a species means causing harm or significant suffering to sentient animals. Because now we cannot say we are causing that harm to preserve a timeless universal good. All we can say with confidence is that we are doing it for ourselves.”
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World


















