Pulled from the pages of the wildly popular ZooBorns blog, this board book presents the most charming critters ever: baby animals, ranging from the adorable to the zany! Featuring full-color photographs on every page and a cozy text perfect for reading aloud, this book is sure to become a must-have for animal lovers of all ages, especially perfect for small hands. "Agonizingly adorable photographs of newborn animals steal the spotlight in this introduction to a baby fox, hyena, tiger, mongoose, and more.."--"Publishers Weekly" "Animal Babies Make Conservation Cute."--"The New York Times" "Cutest Book Ever!"--"Wired.com" "If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then these stunning photographs starring precious animal tykes may be priceless. The range of real-life infants featured is extraordinary in its breadth, covering such unusual zoo or aquarium residents as the crowned sifaka and the tawny frogmouth. The captivating, clear photographs pose every cub, kit and so on at its most adorable."--"Kirkus Reviews" "The engaging up-close-and-personal photos will draw children into the book, and the text and extras provide good factual material to satisfy curious readers."--"School Library Journal" "ZooBorns pulls off the difficult task of being cute and interesting for people of all ages while also being informative. Many books seek this lofty goal but most fail."--"Seattle Post Intelligencer" Andrew Bleiman is a lifelong animal nerd who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English literature and a yet-to-be-recognized minor in baby animalogy. He attributes his fascination with zoology and conservation to monthly childhood trips to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Lillian, and daughter, Avery. Chris Eastland is a classically trained artist and freelance designer who studied and taught at the Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy. Chris was formerly the photography editor for Quest Magazine . He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and son. Name: Miracle Kitten Species: Ocelot Home: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo D.O.B.: 10/31/2008 Status: Least Concern Sometimes nature needs a little help, and this feisty Miracle Kitten is the result. Only the third ocelot in history to be born through artificial insemination, Miracle Kitten was specifically conceived to bolster this rare species. Reproductive scientists like those who brought Miracle Kitten into the world are key to addressing the conservation and management challenges associated with ocelots. Menari means “dance” in Indonesian—a fitting name for a great ape that swings gracefully from branch to branch among the treetops. Known for their intelligence, orangutans use tools to catch tasty termites and scrape stinging spines off their favorite fruits. With only a few thousand Sumatran orangutans remaining in the wild, these red apes could soon become extinct in their native home. Bob MacLean / Audubon Zoo Name: Menari Species: Sumatran Orangutan Home: Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, Louisiana D.O.B.: 6/10/2009 Status: Critically Endangered Species: Swift Fox Home: Calgary Zoo, Canada D.O.B.: 4/22/2009 Status: Least Concern Calgary Zoo / Jennifer Potter These were the first pups for swift fox father Beren and mother Foxy Cleopatra, who have proven to be attentive parents. Swift foxes were hunted to extinction in Canada in the 1930s. Luckily, experts were able to rebuild the Canadian population by breeding and transferring swift foxes from the United States. Name: Margaret Abigail Species: Giraffe Home: WCS’s Bronx Zoo, New York D.O.B.: 2/17/2008 Status: Endangered Curious and playful, Margaret Abigail is never far from mom’s gentle touch. Margaret Abigail may look tiny, but she is already taller than most humans. At birth, giraffe calves weigh 100-150 lbs (45–68 kgs) and stand 6 feet tall (1.8 meters). As adults, females may reach 1,800 lbs. (816 kg) and 16 feet tall (5 meters) or more! Julie Larsen Maher ©WCS Name: Kit Species: Sea Otter Home: Monterey Bay Aquarium, California D.O.B.: January 2010 Status: Endangered The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC) program has been studying and trying to save the threatened southern sea otter since 1984. Kit came to the Aquarium as part of this program after the five-week-old pup was found stranded. Here she was introduced to a nine-year-old sea otter named Mae, who helps teach Kit how to groom herself, eat, dive, and play. Sea otter populations are rebounding thanks to conservation efforts like SORAC. However, the species is still vulnerable to other threats like oil spills. © Monterey Bay Aquarium / Randy Wilder Species: Gentoo Penguin Home: SeaWorld San Diego, California D.O.B.: November 2009 Status: Near Threatened For the first few months of life, penguin chicks have soft, downy feathers. After their first molt, this fluffy plumage is replaced by small, tightly packed feathers that