TBR ~ wishlist tag dark-draco.

We’ve been members of the zoo since our daughter was 3 and live about a ten minute drive away so we’re often popping in to have lunch at the Oakfield and to seek out the animals my daughter is interested in on any given day. Oh and also enjoy the various play parks (her not us!).

It was lovely to read this book about the zoos origins and amazing to see how health and safety in particular has changed over the years! Couldn’t imagine anyone carrying a monkey back on the bus or rearing a lion cub in their own home!

TAG - thank you for sending this one to me :)

I loved the TV series made about the foundation of Chester zoo, so was looking forward to reading June's story in her own words. This is an interesting insight into family life that includes chimps, polar bears, lions and other assorted animals - a life that young June didn't realise was so extraordinary. I think what does come across really well is that mixture of love for animals and the practicalities of their care that anyone working with them has to adopt - although sometimes it felt a little too normalised in places as June records their deaths. The war years were glossed over a bit, but you can understand the frustration of being unable to feed the animals when the country was starving - you can also understand why those years were not covered by the TV. What also comes across, especially by today's welfare standards, is the naivety of the early years when animals would be bought off the docks and veterinary care was minimal. It makes you thankful for how far we've now come.

Overall, a good read.

WISHLIST RABCK - hope you enjoy it.

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Thank you for taking the time to visit this site and letting us know what this book has been up to since it was released into the wild. I hope you enjoy reading it, but even if it isn’t your type of thing, then I’m sure there will be someone out there who will love it. This book is now yours, so feel free to keep it. However, I would be grateful if you could leave all the stickers in place and pass it on again once you’ve finished with it – you could give it to a friend, donate it to a charity shop or just leave it lying around somewhere to be picked up again by a total stranger. If you would like to get regular updates on what the book is doing in the future, then why not join Bookcrossing too…it’s fun, friendly and free.

Thanks again and happy reading!

Thank you soooo much for this wonderful parcel, that reached me, dear dark-draco! :) Thanks so much for this (and the other) wishlist book and all the labels and stickers! Awesome! Made me so happy!
... please let me do if I can return anything to you!!