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The Tiger Has a Toothache: Helping Animals at the Zoo
32 pp.
| National |
October, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-7922-3441-3$$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mary Morgan.
Compiled here are ten tales of how zoo veterinarians have treated sick animals, from the titular tiger to a gorilla with a cold to a tortoise with a broken leg. Several stiff watercolor illustrations accompany each story, and though the individual tales are blandly, even condescendingly, told, collectively they offer an interesting glimpse into the work of these perhaps unfamiliar professionals.