zoo keeper

Zoo Keeper
$19.99
This game is reminiscent of the Dr. Mario Tetris where you have to link 3 of the same animal to make it disappear. Along with this simple idea, there is a quota of animals to "capture" in order to advance levels and the quota increases with every stage. There are also "lifelines" that give you hints as to where to look in case you freeze.

As a logic puzzle addict, this game is perfect for me. It is very Tetris-like, but with an additional layer fun added. Very fun, very addicting and don't start playing this game unless you have time to spend!!!

One Dozen (12) Safari/Zoo Theme Animal Rubber Ducks ~ Elephant, Tiger, Lion, Zebra, Monkey, Zoo Keeper
$4.99
I ordered these to put in the treat bags for my 2 yr old's Diego party. Not only did he love them, before the party was over some of the older kids wanted to know if I had anymore of those ducks that were in the baby's bags. I swear they were trading them like pokemon's or something! I actually ended up keeping a full set just for our bathtime!!

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
$14.95
I picked this book up because WW II is perhaps the most fascinating period of history to me and I enjoy the stories of heroism that have come from occupied cities such as Warsaw. In addition, my partner's family is of Polish descent and his grandmother, although a Christian, lived through some of the awful events in Warsaw during the war. He and I recently visited Poland so I was excited to read a book that would talk about places I have seen and experienced.

However, the author's execution of the story is very poor. There are multiple rabbit trails (that sometimes go on for many pages!), changes in point of view and unnecessary historic facts. Often, the point of view is changed within a single paragraph from telling Antonina and Jan's story to a somewhat-related historic fact to a point of view of another character in the story. As frustrating as the reading was, I perservered until about half way through the book when I could tolerate it no longer.

I am sorry to say I cannot recommend such a poorly written book, even though the story buried within must be interesting and fascinating. A better read would be Antonina's diaries, the source material for this book, which I would far prefer to Ms. Ackerman's writing.

I Want To Be A Zookeeper
$3.99
This book is filled with amazing pictures of wonderful animals, and accompanied with just the right amount of text to let us know what's involved in becoming a zookeeper. My kids wanted me to read it again and again. The reading level is perfect, and the photos are definitely real-life variety. This is a charming book - and a bargain, too.