Saving the Baghdad Zoo : a true story of hope and heroes by Halls, Kelly Milner

Saving the Baghdad Zoo : a true story of hope and heroes
by Halls, Kelly Milner

(#00707Z6)

Hardcover Greenwillow Books, 2010

Price: USD 17.41

Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 25 x 28 cm
Dewey: 590.73; Audience: Upper Elementary; Reading Level: 6.0

Product Overview
From Follett

Includes bibliographical references (page 62) and index. A photo-illustrated firsthand account of how United States soldiers and volunteers saved the animals of the Baghdad Zoo after the start of the Iraq War.

From the Publisher

The baghdad zoo was once home to more than six hundred magnificent animals. But after the war in Iraq began in 2003, the city faced widespread destruction.

When U. S. Army Captain William Sumner was asked to check out the state of the zoo, he found that it, too, was devastated. Hundreds of animals were missing, and the few remaining were in desperate need of care. And so Captain Sumner accepted a new mission. Together with an international team of zoologists, veterinarians, conservationists, and dedicated animal lovers, Captain Sumner worked tirelessly to save the neglected--but tenacious--animals of Baghdad.

Saving the Baghdad Zoo tells the poignant stories of these remarkable animals. Meet the abandoned lions who roamed an empty palace with no food or drink; the camel, Lumpy, who survived transport through sniper fire; the tigers, Riley and Hope, who traveled 7,000 miles from home; and many more.

The Baghdad Zoo, open once again to the people of Iraq, has become an oasis of hope and safety in a city where both are precious gifts.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Greenwillow Books
  • Publication Date: February 9, 2010
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Dewey: 590.73
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 x 28 cm
  • Tracings: Sumner, William, 1971-
  • ISBN-10: 0-06-177202-X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-06-177202-3
  • LCCN: 2008-052820
  • Follett Number: 00707Z6
  • Reading Level: 6.0
  • Audience: Upper Elementary