| Smithsonian National Zoological Park Contributor(s): Estigarribia, Diana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823963179 ISBN-13: 9780823963171 Publisher: PowerKids Press OUR PRICE: $24.96 Product Type: Library Binding Published: August 2003 Annotation: What started with a single baby bison turned into one of the most impressive zoos in the nation. Home to about 3,500 animals, many of them endangered, the National Zoo exists to study, celebrate, protect, and teach people about these animals. Students will see what a rain forest habitat is like in the Amazonia exhibit, and they will marvel as they read how the orangutans in the Great Ape House travel using the "O-Line." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Zoos |
| Dewey: 590.737 |
| LCCN: 2001007792 |
| Series: Great Zoos of the United States |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 9.2" W x 9.34" (0.77 lbs) 24 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Locality - Washington, D.C. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 63455 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What started with a single baby bison turned into one of the most impressive zoos in the nation. Home to about 3,500 animals, many of them endangered, the National Zoo exists to study, celebrate, protect, and teach people about these animals. Students will see what a rain forest habitat is like in the Amazonia exhibit, and they will marvel as they read how the orangutans in the Great Ape House travel using the O-Line. |
