This series introduces young children to looking after animals. Each book follows the day in the life of a child as they help out in a different animal environment, learning about the animals themselves and the roles of the people who care for them.

In this book, read about a young boy's day at the zoo, as he carries out lots of exciting tasks, such as meeting the zookeepers, preparing food for the animals, feeding lemurs, and brushing and sweeping the animal enclosures.

You will discover amazing facts about life at the zoo, and can follow his experiences first hand with the Diary panel.

This book is part of a book series called Helping Out .

There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

The author, Judith Heneghan, writes extensively for children. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Winchester.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Meeting the Keepers
• 2: Looking Around
• 3: Important Jobs
• 4: Preparing the Food
• 5: Meeting the Lemurs
• 6: Feeding the Lemurs
• 7: Cleaning and Sweeping
• 8: Lemur Play
• 9: Lemur Babies
• 10: A Brilliant Day
• 11: Glossary
• 12: Index