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What's new? The zoo! a zippy history of zoos

A millennia-long history of animal keeping shares facts about what zookeeping has taught humanity and how individual lives have been profoundly shaped by the wild creatures found in zoos all over the world.

Main Author: Krull, Kathleen.
Other Authors: Hall, Marcellus (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2014.
Edition: First ed.
Subjects:
Zoos > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Zoos > Juvenile nonfiction
Summary: A millennia-long history of animal keeping shares facts about what zookeeping has taught humanity and how individual lives have been profoundly shaped by the wild creatures found in zoos all over the world.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780545135719 (hbk.)
0545135710 (hbk.)
9780545135726 (pbk.)
0545135729 (pbk.)
Author Notes: PW says that KATHLEEN KRULL "knows exactly how to captivate her audience" by combining historical particulars with "amusing anecdotes that put flesh and blood on dry literary bones." Her subjects range from music to science to sports, but her books are consistently smart and incredible fun to read. She lives in San Diego, California.

MARCELLUS HALL 's art has appeared in the New Yorker , the Wall Street Journal , the Atlantic Monthly , and Time magazine. He has illustrated several books for children, including The Cow Loves Cookies , City I Love , and Because I Am Your Daddy , as well as Everyone Sleeps , which he also wrote. He lives in New York City, and can also be found at www.marcellushall.com .

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