The Last Zookeeper

Written & illustrated by Aaron Becker

A robot builds an ark to save zoo animals in a flooded world.

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40 pages

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In a flooded world, NOA, a compassionate construction robot, becomes the unlikely guardian of a neglected zoo's rare animals. As storms loom, NOA constructs an ark from debris, seeking new land and hope. But what profound discovery awaits beyond survival? This wordless journey through sea and sky explores the power of care and resilience, inspiring dreamers to find meaning in adversity.

From the publisher

A master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah’s Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our changing world. The Earth has flooded. The only signs of humankind are the waterlogged structures they left behind. Peeking out from the deluge are the remnants of a zoo, home to rare and endangered animals, survivors of long neglect. Tender-hearted NOA is a construction robot who’s found new purpose as the caretaker of the zoo’s beleaguered inhabitants. Bracing for the next storm, NOA builds an ark from the wreckage in search of new land and a new home, only to discover something even more profound. With boundless compassion and sweeping scenes of sea and sky punctuated by detailed wordless panels to pore over, Caldecott Honor-winning creator Aaron Becker delivers a timely and concrete message about the rewards of caring in even the most difficult of times that is sure to inspire the dreamers among us.

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