https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2 en-us 2018-10-24 17:03:31 UTC 2025-11-21 12:54:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/296572607 2018-10-24 17:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/296572607 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/296890236 We Bought a Zoo is a nonfiction story written by Benjamin Mee about his own life. When his wife, Katherine, is diagnosed with glioblastoma and dies within three years, he, his siblings, and his mother buy a rundown zoo. Benjamin, who also has two young kids, mostly write about his  experience of caring for his wife, parenting his children, and managing a once worn-out zoo.]]> 2018-10-25 12:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/296890236 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297218893 2018-10-25 23:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297218893 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297220293 (Information about the Author)]]> 2018-10-26 00:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297220293 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297224986 2018-10-26 00:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297224986 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297232590 2018-10-26 01:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297232590 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297236124 Author, Benjamin Mee (far right), pictured with his children, brother, and mother. These are also the main characters in his story.]]> 2018-10-26 01:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297236124 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297236734 The zoo which his family owns in England.]]> 2018-10-26 01:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297236734 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297238247 "You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it." (pg 191)]]> 2018-10-26 01:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297238247 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297241159 "It had been an incredible journey to get there. A new beginning, it also marked the end of a long and tortuous road, involving our own family." (pg 3)]]> 2018-10-26 02:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297241159 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297241826 "The most amazing thing about our new environment of trees, open spaces, and lakes was that we actually did have tigers, lions, and wolves peeping through the foliage at us." (pg 80)]]> 2018-10-26 02:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297241826 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297245971 2018-10-26 02:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297245971 zoe_deleon https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297246973 2018-10-26 02:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_deleon/jmva1knynip2/wish/297246973