Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo’s First Woman Zookeeper

This true story concerns Helen Martini, the Bronx Zoo’s first woman zookeeper, and the lion and tiger cubs she cared for. Unable to have children herself, Helen became a mother figure to rejected cubs at the zoo. When her husband Fred, a Bronx zookeeper, brought home a lion cub, Helen welcomed it. The Martinis ultimately had dozens of cubs in their care. The book recounts Helen’s unusual work caring for young big cats.