A captivating account of caring of baby animals by Vera Chaplina in the Moscow zoo. We hear stories of baby lioness Kinuli, and many others..

Translated from The Russian By Ivy Litvinov
Designed By Y. Korpylov
Illustrated By D. Gorlov
Photos by A. Anzhanov, P. Vorobyov and L. Zyuzin

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Contents

OUR ZOO (By Way of a Preface) 7
KINULI 17
THE WOLF’S NURSLING 85
BABY 99
FOMKA THE POLAR BEAR 108
NAYA THE OTTER 121
KUTSI 134
AN ORDINARY PUSSY 142
NURKA 148
CHUZHOI 158
LOSKA 165
ARGO 176
A BROWNIE IN THE ZOO 186
SHANGO 192