The tower, the zoo, and the tortoise
When Balthazar Jones is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie within the Tower of London's walls to house the many exotic animals gifted to the Queen, life at the Tower gets all the more interesting. Penguins escape, giraffes are stolen, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent people runni...
| Main Author: | Stuart, Julia. |
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| Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Santa Ana, Calif. :
Books on Tape,
2010.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here |
| Summary: |
When Balthazar Jones is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie within the Tower of London's walls to house the many exotic animals gifted to the Queen, life at the Tower gets all the more interesting. Penguins escape, giraffes are stolen, and the Komodo dragon sends innocent people running for their lives. Balthazar is in charge and things are not exactly running smoothly. Then his wife Hebe decides to leave him and his beloved tortoise "runs" away. |
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| Item Description: |
Downloadable audio file. Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: |
1 sound file (7 hr., 59 min., 42 sec.) : digital |
| Playing Time: |
07:58:42 |
| ISBN: |
9780307751607 0307751600 9780307751591 0307751597 |
| Author Notes: |
She grew up in the West Midlands in England. She studied French and Spanish, and lived in France and Spain teaching English. Stuart studied journalism at college and worked on regional newspapers for six years. She then became a staff features writer. In 2007, she relocated to Bahrain with her husband who is also a journalist. (Bowker Author Biography) |