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Pinky Got Out!
by Michael Portis

Spotting a little girl and her class as they tour the zoo, Pinky the cheeky flamingo slips out of his enclosure and attempts to escape, challenging a growing number of delighted children to find him hiding in plain sight among his fellow animals.
The Octopus Escapes
by Maile Meloy

Captured from his cozy undersea cave by a diver and taken to live in an aquarium, an octopus eats human-provided foods and participates in game-like tests before tiring of life in captivity and embarking on a daring escape. By the award-winning author of the Apothecary series. 
The One and Only Ivan 
by Katherine Applegate

When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Poo in the Zoo
by Steve Smallman

Loving everything about his job at the zoo except cleaning up after the animals, head keeper Bob finds his work getting messier than ever when the iguana escapes his cage and leaves behind something that catches the attention of the entire town.
Don't Feed the Boy
by Irene Latham

Eleven-year-old Whit's zookeeper parents have rarely allowed him to venture outside the Alabama zoo they run, but he stops seeing it as such a cage when he meets "Bird Girl," for whom the place is a refuge from problems at home.
And Tango Makes Three
by Justin Richardson

The classic story of a nontraditional penguin family describes the bond between male penguins Roy and Silo and the zookeeper who helped them raise a chick.
When the Sky Falls
by Phil Earle

In 1940, with his father off to war, Joseph begins spending time at a rundown zoo where he forms a special bond with Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla.
The Elephant's Girl
by Celesta Rimington

Unable to remember her life before a tornado swept her away as a toddler and deposited her in a Nebraska zoo, 12-year-old Lex forges a close bond with an elephant before a telepathic message ensnares her in a world of ghosts, lost treasure and her own mysterious identity. 
She Heard the Birds: The Story of Florence Merriam Bailey, Pioneering Nature Activist
by Andrea D'Aquino

As a young girl, Florence Merriam Bailey fell in love with the outdoors, especially birds, whose songs and flight captivated her. She listened, waited, and watched to better understand her feathered friends, and wrote many books, including one of the first field guides to American birds. Her work ultimately led to better protection for birds and to the scientific study of birds in nature instead of in a lab.
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by Jess Keating

A lavishly illustrated portrait of shark scientist Eugenie Clark describes the childhood fascination that prompted her challenge of negative perceptions about sharks throughout her career, revealing how she overcame gender barriers to make remarkable discoveries and promote conservation.
You are a Star, Jane Goodall
by Dean Robbins

Funny comic panels and fascinating facts focuses on Jane Goodall's lifelong mission to understand chimpanzees and protect the planet. 
Anne and her Tower of Giraffes: The Adventurous Life of the First Giraffologist
by Karlin Gray

This extraordinary true story of the first giraffologist who, with no scientific information to be found, journeyed alone to South Africa, where she decided to teach herself about her favorite animal and became the first scientist to study wild animal behavior in Africa. 
                  
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