Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823443185)

Fred and Helen Martini longed for a baby, and they ended up with dozens of lion and tiger cubs! Snuggle up to this purr-fect read aloud about the Bronx Zoo's first female zoo-keeper.

When Bronx Zoo-keeper Fred brought home a lion cub, Helen Martini instantly embraced it. The cub's mother lost the instinct to care for him. "Just do for him what you would do with a human baby," Fred suggested...and she did. Helen named him MacArthur, and fed him milk from a bottle and cooed him to sleep in a crib.

Soon enough, MacArthur was not the only cub bathed in the tub! The couple continues to raise lion and tiger cubs as their own, until they are old enough to return them to zoos. Helen becomes the first female zookeeper at the Bronx zoo, the keeper of the nursery.

This is a terrific non-fiction book to read aloud while snuggling up with your cubs! Filled with adorable baby cats, this is a story about love, dedication, and a new kind of family.

Gorgeously patterned illustrations by Julie Downing detail the in-home nursery and a warm pallet creates a cozy pairing with Candace Fleming's lovely language.

Backmatter includes a short biography of Helen Martini and a selected bibliography.

A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
Named to the Texas Topaz Reading List


Author: Candace Fleming
ISBN-10: 0823443183
ISBN-13: 9780823443185
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2020
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.60w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509899 / Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/18/2020
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2020
School Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 73
Booklist 07/01/2020 pg. 58
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2020
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2020 pg. 116
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style