Books with title Zookeeper's Wife

When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw, and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into the empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital. Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants and refusing to give in to the penetrating fear of discovery, even as Europe crumbled around her.

Kids see themselves in Little People Shape Books' big, imaginative cover illustrations! This brand-new additions to the series of children's favorites will inspire very young boys and girls with thoughts about what they might like to become when they grow up. The sturdy board book is die-cut so that when closed it takes the shape of the child who appears on the front cover, decked out in an appropriate costume. The story on the inside panels is easy for beginning readers, and direct enough for pre-schoolers to understand when the book is read aloud to them. There are bright color illustrations on every page. When closed, the book presents an attractive, layered, three-dimensional effect.

Kids see themselves in Little People Shape Books' big, imaginative cover illustrations! This brand-new additions to the series of children's favorites will inspire very young boys and girls with thoughts about what they might like to become when they grow up. The sturdy board book is die-cut so that when closed it takes the shape of the child who appears on the front cover, decked out in an appropriate costume. The story on the inside panels is easy for beginning readers, and direct enough for pre-schoolers to understand when the book is read aloud to them. There are bright color illustrations on every page. When closed, the book presents an attractive, layered, three-dimensional effect.