What Do You Do If You Work at the Zoo? written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, reviewed by Terry Wahrman

Summary:   A zookeeper's day is never done.  They have many jobs and several are introduced here with sidebar paragraphs.  Most of the illustrations are of  the jobs that are not popularly known. Each animal has his own page and a few two pages devoted to them.

Straight Talk for Librarians:  Not recommended. The day starts with taking care of orphaned animals, a joey & a vulture.  It is a situation that most young students fear.  If you want a book that will bring about discussions, this is the book for you.  It allows students to speculate why they are orphaned.  The teacher will be inundated with questions throughout the pages on each animals’ situation.  The questions can be about Joey's mom?  Why is he left alone in a zoo?  Who will be his mother?  Next turn a few pages to Pandas and their excessive poop, a happy hyena with a bloodsicle, and a bottle fed giraffe whose mother is sick and a manatee whose mother is lost.  This all adds up to a disturbing view of the job for the younger reader.  I passed the book along to different people in different stages of life and children.  The reviews were the same, not recommended.