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Betty & friends : my life at the zoo / by Betty White.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction seriesPublication details: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2011.Edition: Large print edDescription: 329 p. (large print) : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1410445259 (hardcover)
  • 9781410445254 (hardcover)
Other title:
  • My life at the zoo
  • Betty and friends
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Zoo good deeds -- The eyes have it -- Standouts -- Family matters -- Mommies and babies -- Kids will be kids -- Airborne -- Camouflage -- Sleepyheads -- Nose to nose -- My misunderstood friends.
Summary: Noted television actress, impassioned lifelong animal welfare advocate, and author, Betty White offers intimate and funny stories about her animal friends at the zoo, enhanced by four-color photographs. This book is the passion project she has been working on for more than a decade; a love letter to zoos and to the animals in them, from a woman who admits she likes animals better than humans ("They're unconditionally loving!"). In her inimitable voice, she takes us on a private tour of her favorite animals and her friendships with them, from Gita the elephant, whom she used to take for walks before the zoo opened; to Kelly the massive silverback gorilla, whom she has known since his birth in 1987. From giraffes to lizards to koalas, readers witness the variety of animals through her eyes, and in her own words.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print NonFiction 636.0889 W582 Available 33111006978346
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

America's sweetheart, impassioned lifelong animal welfare advocate, and bestselling author White offers intimate and funny stories about her animal friends at the zoo, enhanced by gorgeous four-color photographs. "Betty & Friends" is the passion project she has been working on for more than a decade--a love letter to zoos and to the animals in them.

Zoo good deeds -- The eyes have it -- Standouts -- Family matters -- Mommies and babies -- Kids will be kids -- Airborne -- Camouflage -- Sleepyheads -- Nose to nose -- My misunderstood friends.

Noted television actress, impassioned lifelong animal welfare advocate, and author, Betty White offers intimate and funny stories about her animal friends at the zoo, enhanced by four-color photographs. This book is the passion project she has been working on for more than a decade; a love letter to zoos and to the animals in them, from a woman who admits she likes animals better than humans ("They're unconditionally loving!"). In her inimitable voice, she takes us on a private tour of her favorite animals and her friendships with them, from Gita the elephant, whom she used to take for walks before the zoo opened; to Kelly the massive silverback gorilla, whom she has known since his birth in 1987. From giraffes to lizards to koalas, readers witness the variety of animals through her eyes, and in her own words.

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