Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper

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 zookeeper.

When Bronx zookeeper Fred brought home a lion cub, Helen Martini instantly embraced it. The cub's mother had 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, fed him milk from a bottle, and cooed him to sleep in a cr...