Desmond and Andres face a zombie during a school field trip to the zoo.

Zookeeper Teddy Bentley takes Alejandro, the Gunn Zoo llama, to a Monterey Bay-area Renaissance Faire. When she discovers the body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel, dressed in his royal robes as Henry the Eighth, it appears as if Aljandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look reveals a crossbow dart in the man's back. And the "reverend" is really an escaped convict, and every marriage he's performed in the past...

"'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes...' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic....

Simple text and photographs describe the responsibilities of various zoo employees.

Nancy, George, and Bess are attending a three-day overnight camp at the local zoo and will be helping the zookeeper make toys for the animals. When the toys that the girls make by day, disappear at night, it seems everyone is a suspect!

An introduction to zookeepers and what they do.