The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper
Helen Martini yearns to be a mother. She prepares her home for a baby, but she and her husband are not blessed with a little one. Then her husband, Fred who works at the Bronx Zoo, brings home a lion cub whose mother has rejected him. Helen cares for him like a baby until he is strong enough to return to the zoo. Soon Helen finds herself caring for three tiger cubs and many other creatures. Eventually, she remodels an abandoned room into a nursery at the zoo.
The word and illustrations placement are clever. I love this biography -for the interesting story and for the artistic/literary value.
**Highly, highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
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