Zoonauts: The Secret of Animalville

By Richard Mueller

Book Overview

"Who are the Zoonauts? David Simons created the Zoonauts who are based on some famous zoo animals and other animals that went into space with the international space programs. These Zoonauts have extraordinary talents and powers. Their travels take them to different continents and cultures. Readers will be entertained and educated by the exciting adventures of the Zoonauts, which include NASA's Chimpanzee ""Ham,"" the Australian Koala ""Cough Drop"" of the San Diego Zoo, ""Patty Cake"" the Gorilla of the Central Park and Bronx Zoos, the famous Pandas ""Hsing-Hsing"" and ""Ling-Ling"" of the National Zoo, and the Russian space dog, ""Laika."" Fishwick and Kornblend are Amadorian dragon-like scout pilots on an assigned mission in search of Zoonauts who they hope to capture and bring back to Amador. The Amadorians provide comic relief in this high-flying, science fiction adventure where good triumphs over evil. The story of the Zoonauts is a great addition to Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) programs that stimulates creativity. New Kinds of Superheroes Zoonauts is ""a creative teaching tool for middle school...a Sci-Fi adventure novel, first in a planned series...fun, intelligent, worldbuilding "" Kirkus Review"

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496962818
• ISBN13: 9781496962812
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

What present could be greater than this adventure book!

Within the shortest time, I ventured through this fascinating story. Even though Zoonauts: The Secret Of Animalville by Richard Muller is written for children, the humorous language, vivid characters, and catchy plot make it great reading for adults too! I don't want to give away the plot, but have to say that the dragons are artfully interpreted to combine both Chinese and Western culture.

A positive message of what it means to respect life

Zoonauts: The Secret Of Animalville by Richard Muller is an exciting children's science fiction story about young people who must ally with super-intelligent animals to protect the Earth from a menacing alien invasion. An adventurous and hearty tale, Zoonauts: The Secret Of Animalville also provides young readers with a positive message of what it means to protect and respect life in all shapes and sizes.

The Space Race, Environmentalism, and Talking Animals!

Zoonauts: The Secret of Animalville is the freshest children's novel I've read in decades! It begins with a gangbuster science fiction "school report" by Jen, the teen youth of the Stroud Family - the "keepers" of Animalville. Through an incredible story by a talking parrot we learn the secret of this top-secret research facility for very smart animals. It was only September, but Jen could see it was already turning into a bad school year. Perhaps it was fun for her younger brother, Cody, but having animals cooking, cleaning and doing taxes made it so hard to have any friends. Plus the whole place was top secret! How could she NOT tell even her best friend Sara anything about her family? Truth is, no children had ever grown up in the kind of family as the Strouds. While their non-human nursemaids took care of them and taught them things no human children had learned, Jen was getting tired of telling other girls that they couldn't visit her at home. Oh, sure, she went to their places, but usually with some animal, watching everything she did. She felt like she was being spied on. It was too much to bear. Jen was deep in gloom as she left school that day. But you are certain to have a smile on your face as you read this amazing tale. The text, by renowned Hollywood scriptwriter Richard Mueller, is illustrated by Dal Chele - known for Scooby Doo, Spiderman, Robocop, The Real Ghostbusters, Fat Albert and The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest, to name just a few!