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- Herausgeber: Nosy Crow
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Serie: Zoe's Rescue Zoo
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023
At Zoe's Rescue Zoo only the cutest, cuddliest animals need apply! Zoe loves living at her uncle's rescue zoo because there's always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret... She can actually TALK to the animals! Rocco the raccoon has just arrived at the zoo and he loves to play pranks! Inspired by the rascally animal, Zoe and her friend decide to play their own. But when a prank goes too far, Zoe will need Rocco's help to make things right. Another fantastic title in the perfect series for young animal lovers, beautifully illustrated throughout by Sophy Williams. Have you read Zoe's other adventures? Check out The Adventurous Arctic Fox, The Runaway Reindeer, The Talkative Tiger and many more titles!
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The little creature stood on its hind legs and gripped the steering wheel with its front paws, as if it was about to drive off. The crowd all laughed and cheered in delight.
Look out for:
The Lonely Lion Cub
The Puzzled Penguin
The Playful Panda
The Silky Seal Pup
The Eager Elephant
The Lucky Snow Leopard
The Pesky Polar Bear
The Cuddly Koala
The Wild Wolf Pup
The Happy Hippo
The Sleepy Snowy Owl
The Scruffy Sea Otter
The Picky Puffin
The Giggly Giraffe
The Curious Kangaroo
The Super Sloth
The Little Llama
The Messy Meerkat
The Helpful Hedgehog
The Rowdy Red Panda
The Talkative Tiger
The Runaway Reindeer
The Adventurous Arctic Fox
With special thanks to Siobhan Curham
For Felicity, who is as cute as a raccoon but far less rascally.
Chapter One
The Masked Bandit
Zoe Parker raced through the Rescue Zoo after her friend, Layla, and her pet mouse lemur, Meep. Layla was staying with Zoe for the weekend while her parents were away, and they had just finished all their homework. Now they had two whole days to play and explore! 2
“I won!” Layla called back as she came to a stop outside the otters’ enclosure.
Zoe panted as she approached the fence with Meep close behind her. “Well done! You were so fast,” she smiled.
A river otter climbed out of the water and scampered towards them, squeaking excitedly.
“Hello, Otto,” called Zoe.
Otto made a chuckling sound and clapped his front paws together.
“It’s like he’s saying hello,” laughed Layla.
Zoe grinned. If only Layla knew that Otto really was saying hello. Zoe was able to understand Otto because she had a special secret. Ever since she was six years old, she’d been able to talk to animals and understand what they were saying. 3
4Nobody knew her secret though. Not even her mum, Lucy, who was the zoo’s vet, or her Great-Uncle Horace.
“Race you to the monkeys!” called Layla as she ran off down the path again.
“Layla has more energy than a mouse lemur!” sighed Meep, twitching his whiskers.
“Don’t worry, Meep, I’ll carry you.” Zoe giggled and put him in her coat pocket.
When she got to the monkeys’ enclosure she found Layla copying the shrieking noises the monkeys were making.
“It’s like I’m talking to them,” said Layla, as a spider monkey named Mickey came swinging through the trees towards them. He scampered over to the fence, 5chattering loudly. “I think he’s asking me to play,” cried Layla excitedly.
Zoe bit her lip to stop herself from giggling. Mickey was actually boasting that he was the fastest tree-climber. in the zoo. The cheeky monkey stuck out his tongue.
Layla burst out laughing. “Monkeys are so funny.”
Zoe grinned. She wasn’t surprised Layla liked the monkeys so much; she was just as fun as they were.
Layla turned back to grin at Zoe. “Living in a zoo is the best thing ever!” 6
Zoe couldn’t help agreeing. She loved living at her Great-Uncle Horace’s Rescue Zoo. And she loved how happy visiting the zoo made her friends too! “Where would you like to go next?” she asked.
“Bed?” a tired-looking Meep chirped from her pocket.
“It’s not bedtime yet!” giggled Zoe.
Once the monkeys lost interest, Layla turned back to look at Zoe again. “Can we go and race the lion cubs?” she asked.
Meep groaned. Zoe thought it sounded like fun but before they could leave, her mum, Lucy, came hurrying over.
“Uncle Horace just called,” she said. “He’s on his way back to the zoo with a new animal.”
“Yes! What do you think it will be?” 7Layla asked Zoe.
“I don’t know.” Zoe’s skin prickled with excitement. Great-Uncle Horace was a world-famous animal expert. He’d created the Rescue Zoo as a safe place for animals who were endangered, lost, hurt or in need of a new home. The animals he rescued came from all over the world, so the new animal could be anything.
They raced along the winding path to the zoo entrance just in time to see Great-Uncle Horace’s jeep driving through the large wooden gates. A crowd of visitors and zookeepers gathered round as Zoe hurried over to greet him.
“Hello, Great-Uncle Horace!” she cried. “Do you have a new animal for us?”
“Hello, Zoe and Meep,” boomed Great-Uncle Horace with a twinkly-eyed smile 8as he got out of the jeep. His beautiful pet hyacinth macaw, Kiki, was perched on his shoulder. When she saw Zoe she squawked loudly and fluffed up her bright-blue feathers.
“What is it? What is it?” chattered Meep as he clambered up on to Zoe’s shoulder for a better view. 9
“My dear visitors and zookeepers,” Great-Uncle Horace called, “I am delighted to announce the arrival of our very first masked bandit at the Rescue Zoo!”
10“I’ve never heard of an animal called a masked bandit before,” said Layla.
“Me neither,” said Zoe. She strained to look as Great-Uncle Horace took a crate from the back seat of his jeep and put it on the ground in front of him.
“Welcome to the Rescue Zoo!” he cried, opening the lid with a flourish.
The crowd watched in silence, but nothing happened.
Great-Uncle Horace tipped the crate on to its side. It was completely empty.
“Maybe the masked bandit is an invisible animal,” chirped Meep.
Zoe frowned. Great-Uncle Horace had rescued some unusual animals before, but never an invisible animal. There was no such thing, was there?
“Well, I never!” exclaimed Great-Uncle 11Horace. “The little rascal appears to have escaped.”
The crowd gasped, and excited chatter filled the air. Just then, Zoe noticed a pointy face with a pair of beady eyes peering out of the jeep from the driver’s seat.
“It’s there, in the jeep!” she cried.
The little creature stood on its hind legs and gripped the steering wheel with its front paws, as if it was about to drive off. The crowd all laughed and cheered in delight. 12The animal was covered in fluffy grey fur, apart from its eyes, which were ringed in black, just like a mask.
“It’s a raccoon!” exclaimed Zoe.
“Cool!” replied Layla.
