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Zookeeper [videorecording] / by Cher,1946-; Apatow, Judd,1967-; Bibb, Leslie.; Coraci, Frank.; Dawson, Rosario.; Favreau, Jon.; James, Kevin,1965-; Jeong, Ken.; Nolte, Nick.; Rickles, Don.; Rogan, Joe,1967-; Rudolph, Maya.; Sandler, Adam.; Stallone, Sylvester.; Turturro, Nicholas.; Wahlberg, Donnie,1969-; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.;
Screenplay by Nick Bakay, Rock Reuben, Kevin James, Jay Scherick and David Ronn; editor Scott Hill; director of photography Michael Barrett; music by Rupert Gregson-Williams.Kevin James, Donnie Wahlberg, Joe Rogan, Nicholas Turturro, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow, Jon Favreau, Don Rickles, Cher, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb, Maya Rudolph, Ken Jeong.The animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship, animal style.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Human-animal relationships; Zoo keepers; Zoos;
© c2011., Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment,
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In the belly of the Congo / by Ndala, Blaise,1972-author.; Reid, Amy Baram,1964-translator.; translation of:Ndala, Blaise,1972-Dans le ventre du Congo.English.;
"A gripping multigenerational novel that explores the history and human cost of colonialism in the Congo. April 1958. When the Brussels World's Fair opens, Robert Dumont, one of the people responsible for the biggest international event since the end of the Second World War, ends up laying down his arms in the face of pressure from the royal palace: there will be a "Congolese village" in one of the seven pavilions devoted to the settlements. Among the eleven recruits mobilized at the foot of the Atomium to put on a show is the young Tshala, daughter of the intractable king of the Bakuba. The journey of this princess is revealed to us, from her native Kasai to Brussels via Léopoldville, to her forced exhibition at Expo 58, where we lose track of it. Summer 2004. Freshly arrived in Belgium, a niece of the missing princess crosses paths with a man haunted by the ghost of his father. This is Francis Dumont, professor of law at the Free University of Brussels. A succession of events ends up revealing to them the secret carried by the former deputy commissioner of Expo 58 to his tomb. From one century to the next, the novel embraces History with a capital "H," to pose the central question of the colonial equation: can the past pass?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Colonists; Exiles; Human zoos; Kuba (African people); Missing persons; Nieces; Princesses; Racism;
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Code name bananas [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Walliams, David.;
Read by David Walliams; Peter Serafinowicz; Sarah Alexander; Genevieve Gaunt; Toby Jones; Nina Wadia; Wayne Forester; Adjoa Andoh; Nitin Ganatra.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream. A whizz-bang adventure about the extraordinary friendship between a little boy and a huge gorilla that just might save the day! Its 1940 and Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there’s one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot… Join David Walliams on this action-packed, laugh-out-loud adventure for all the family!Ages 8 to 12.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Gorillas; Human-animal relationships; Zoos; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
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Life of Pi : a novel / by Martel, Yann.;
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years.
Subjects: Fiction.; Shipwreck survival; Human-animal relationships; Storytelling; Teenage boys; Ocean travel; Zoo animals; Orphans; Tiger; Human-animal relationships.; Ocean travel.; Orphans.; Shipwreck survival.; Storytelling.; Teenage boys.; Tiger.; Zoo animals.;
© 2011, ©2001., Vintage Canada,
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Zoo / by Patterson, James,1947-; Ledwidge, Michael.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Aggressive behavior in animals; Biologists; Ecologists; Human-animal relationships;
© 2012., Little, Brown,
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Sophie [videorecording] / by Bristow, Brittany.; Bristow, Leif.; Durance, Erica.; Prew, Augustus,1987-; Radford, Natalie.; Rhys-Davies, John.; Riefenstein, Thure.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.;
Director of photography, David Perrault ; edited by Stephen Lawrence.Brittany Bristow, Erica Durance, Thure Riefenstein, Augustus Prew, John Rhys-Davies, Natalie Radford.A teenage girl abandons her dreams of becoming a world-renowned ballet dancer in favor of rescuing her best friend - a 5 ton elephant named Sheba - from the circus in this charming tale for the entire family. Sophie's (Brittany Bristow) parents own a small family-operated zoo. As a result, as Sophie grew up she developed an unusual rapport with all creatures great and small. But her closest friend was also her biggest; from the first time they met, Sophie and Sheba the elephant were inseparable. When her parents sell Sheba to a traveling circus in order to pay for Sophie's tuition fees at the American Ballet, the young girl joins the show in order to protect her friend from his new, heavy-handed trainer Magnus. Before long, however, Sophie has struck a deal with circus owner Alistair Winston (John Rhys-Davies) that will allow her to earn Sheba back by performing with her. Yet despite Sophie's determination to get Sheba back home to the family zoo, the teen begins having second thoughts about her plan when a reporter points out that the elephant might be happier back in Africa. Later, after striking up a romance with a kindhearted young trapeze artist named Blake, Sophie begins to realize that sometimes doing what is best for the ones we love requires making a substantial personal sacrifice.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Children's films.; Circus performers; Elephants; Family-owned business enterprise; Feature films.; Human-animal relationships; Video recordings for children.; Zoos;
© c2010., Alliance Films,
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Life of Pi [videorecording] / by Tabu,1970 Nov. 4-; Belur, Gautam.; Danna, Mychael.; Depardieu, Gérard,1948-; Hussain, Adil.; Khan, Irrfan,1962-; Lee, Ang,1954-; Martel, Yann.Life of Pi.Videorecording.; Sharma, Suraj,1994-; Spall, Rafe,1983-; Tandon, Ayush.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Camera, Claudio Miranda ; editor, Tim Squyres ; production designer, David Gropman ; music, Mychael Danna.Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, Gautam Belur, Ayush Tandon.Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Martel, Yann.; Bengal tiger; Feature films.; Human-animal relationships; Ocean travel; Orphans; Shipwreck survival; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Zoo animals;
© c2013., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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Old-fashioned on purpose : cultivating a slower, more joyful life / by Winger, Jill,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.As our society races toward progress, we've left something important behind. We are more connected than ever before, yet we're still feeling unfulfilled. In 'Old-Fashioned on Purpose', Jill Winger shows how simplifying our lives and adopting retro skills such as gardening and handiwork can be the key to creating the happy and healthy life we're yearning for.
Subjects: Recipes.; Gardening.; Quality of life.; Self-reliant living.; Sustainable agriculture.; Sustainable living.;
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Curious George. [videorecording] / by PBS for Kids,broadcaster.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Kids will fall in love with the world's most mischievous monkey in six uplifting episodes. Join Curious George as he shares some Valentine's cheer, fixes a mix up at the zoo, entertains a sick friend, and lends a thoughtful hand to others.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Valentine's Day; Curiosity; Curious George (Fictitious character); Friendship; Human-animal relationships; Monkeys;
For private home use only.
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The elephant of Belfast : a novel / by Walsh, S. Kirk,author.;
"The Elephant of Belfast chronicles a seven-month period of time when the Germans unexpectedly bombed Belfast, Northern Ireland, also known as the Belfast Blitz. Through the lens of the Bellevue Zoo and one of its zookeepers, twenty-year-old Hettie Quin, the novel animates how the war irrevocably impacted-and shaped the lives of Belfast's citizens in broad and intimate ways. In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving at the Belfast docks from Ceylon. Soon, she becomes Violet's dedicated zookeeper at the Bellevue Zoo. At the same time, Hettie continues to experience the grief related to the recent loss of her beloved older sister, Anna, and the abandonment of her father, Thomas, who left her mother, Rose. On April 15th , 1941, Belfast is attacked for five hours, with 674 bombs falling, and almost a thousand civilians being killed. During the bombings and its aftermath, Hettie does all that she can to save her elephant, and survive the destruction and escalating sectarian unrest of the city. Even though Hettie is still only twenty years old by the novel's end, she's aged at least a decade, her life and perspective transforming in tragic and unexpected ways. Taken altogether, The Elephant of Belfast reflects a complicated portrait of loss, grief, love, and resilience, and how the zoo and the city of Belfast suffered during these catastrophic attacks. At the narrative's heart is a changing relationship between a young woman and an elephant: At first, it seems that Hettie saves Violet, but in the end, Violet saves her"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Elephants; Grief; Human-animal relationships;
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