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DK Readers: Ape Adventuresby Catherine Chambers
Dorling Kindersley 2008; US$ 3.99Photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children?s interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. Ape Adventures recounts various actual ape-human interactions, highlighting our complex relationship to these fascinating creatures. more...
Apeby DK Publishing
Dorling Kindersley 2006; US$ 7.99Explaining each stage of development on the road to adulthood, these adorable books give beginning readers an animal''s-eye view of growing up Packed with colorful information, photographs, and first person text Fantastic animal facts accompany each stage of growth Narrative style makes subjects accessible to young readers more...
Jane Goodallby Sudipta Bardhan-quallen
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 13.99Up Close: Jane Goodall by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Up Close: Thurgood Marshall by Chris Crowe A trailblazing scientist made famous by her favorite primates. Jane Goodall will forever be linked with the chimpanzees that she?s studied for over fifty years. A pioneer in scientific research, she revolutionized longstanding views about chimps, forest conservation, and women in scientific fields. This Up Close biography tells the story of how a demure young woman from London went to Africa and changed the world. more...
DK Eyewitness Books: Gorillaby Ian Redmond
Dorling Kindersley 2000; US$ 16.99Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the livesof the great apes, monkeys, and other primates. Superb color photographs of gorillas, orangutans, macaques, baboons, lemurs and numerous other primate species offer a unique "eyewitness" look at some of the world''s most intelligent animals. See a great silverback gorilla, the monkey with the biggest nose, how gibbonsswing through the trees, multicolored marmosets, and a day in the life of a gorilla family. Learn about the knuckle walk, how a tail becomes a hand, why gorillas build nests, which South American monkeys have the loudest call, and how orangutans got their name. Discover why mountain gorillas are endangered, how chimpanzees communicate, why ring-tailed lemurs wave their tails... more...
The Watcherby Jeanette Winter; Jeanette Winter
Random House Children's Books 2011; US$ 10.99Acclaimed picture book biographer Jeanette Winter has found her perfect subject: Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis Leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates who are now in danger of extinction, and their habitat. Young animal lovers and Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of an extraordinary person and the animals to whom she has dedicated her life. From the Hardcover edition. more...
Me . . . Janeby Patrick McDonnell; Emma Walton Hamilton
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2012; US$ 9.99In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane observes the natural world around her with wonder, she dreams of "a life living with and helping all animals," until one day she finds that her dream has come true. One of the world's most inspiring women, Dr. Jane Goodall is a renowned humanitarian, conservationist, animal activist, environmentalist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 1977 she founded the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), a global nonprofit organization that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. With anecdotes taken directly from Jane Goodall's autobiography, McDonnell makes... more...
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