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The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.27 — 217,923 ratings — published 2012
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.49 — 93,143 ratings — published 2007
A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Caldecott Medal Winner)
by (shelved 12 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.26 — 22,019 ratings — published 2010
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,258 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 — 4,798 ratings — published 2007
Good Night, Gorilla (Board book)
by (shelved 9 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.24 — 52,513 ratings — published 1994
West with Giraffes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.31 — 219,594 ratings — published 2021
Belly Up (FunJungle, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.21 — 17,270 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 — 1,712 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 — 8,218 ratings — published 2008
Amos McGee Misses the Bus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 728 ratings — published 2021
Xander's Panda Party (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,530 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 — 2,663 ratings — published 2009
Wild About Books (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,927 ratings — published 2004
Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.63 — 3,820 ratings — published 2019
Fierce Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.52 — 25,333 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 — 10,887 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 3.61 — 83 ratings — published 2008
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.58 — 10,136 ratings — published 2010
The Modern Ark: The Story of Zoos: Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.94 — 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 4.18 — 56 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 — 533 ratings — published 2020
The Elephant's Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,230 ratings — published 2020
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.12 — 469 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
An Introduction to Zoo Biology and Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.10 — 20 ratings — published 2011
This Zoo is Not for You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.62 — 314 ratings — published 2017
The Zoo: The Wild and Wonderful Tale of the Founding of London Zoo: 1826-1851 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.44 — 367 ratings — published 2016
Hippopotamister (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,326 ratings — published 2016
Zoobreak (Swindle, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,134 ratings — published 2009
Ida, Always (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.50 — 2,786 ratings — published 2016
Splat and the Cool School Trip (Splat the Cat, 30)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.68 — 513 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 3.95 — 1,788,648 ratings — published 2001
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,013 ratings — published 2014
Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.93 — 661 ratings — published 2006
Where's Walrus? And Penguin? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.96 — 653 ratings — published 2015
The Koala of Death (A Gunn Zoo Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as zoos)
avg rating 3.77 — 755 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 — 1,158 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 — 8,095 ratings — published 2007
“Feliz is our lone jaguar. The last jaguar we had before him died of despair. That wasn't the official cause of death, of course not, but we all knew it. The rumor goes that the zoo's owners, the Pinkton family, paid an obscene amount to acquire another jaguar, probably the only one on Earth, given the state of the countries in which the creature's natural habitat once existed. Feliz was plucked out of the last few acres of the Amazon as the bulldozers waited, like customers impatiently hovering while a buffet is prepared. So Feliz is kind of a big deal. He doesn't appear cognizant of this fact, however. If anything, he looks to be on a mission to wear away the floor of his enclosure until he drops right through the earth and out of this life. He paces without cease. His nails are worn to stubs and his mouth hangs open in a perpetual rictus that wrecks your heart. He longs to forget all this, and to be forgotten.”
― The Island of Last Things
― The Island of Last Things
“I don't think breeding animals for a life in zoos can be defended in any ethical system. It violates the rights of many animal to express their capabilities and flourish. It lacks compassion. It is the wrong sort of 'care.' Even the utilitarian argument falls short, since so little 'good' is produced by the animals' exhibition. My preference for a 'fun day out' does not justify generations of animal captivity.”
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
― Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World
