In this enchanting book, world-renowned scientist and conservationist Jane Goodall brings together stories gleaned from nearly 40 years of studying chimps in the forests of Tanzania. As the stories recounted here demonstrate, chimpanzees are capable of great compassion, altruism and love. Full color.
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Gr. 4k, younger for reading aloud. A three-year-old follows a local male adolescent everywhere; an adult female brings her infirm mother some fruit; an unattached 'Auntie' adopts three orphans: simple, universal stories-not about humans but about chimpanzees. Revered scientist Goodall tells a handful of stories about touching, funny, and emotional moments she has observed over nearly 40 years of studying chimpanzees. Children will love these stories because they are sometimes silly or gross and because they are always tender, and young humans will recognize aspects of themselves in the younger chimps. Adults will love them because the tenderness is so transparent and unaffected. We see the seven-year-old Prof gently cleaning the snot off his two-year-old brother's face with leaves, and the great David Greybeard refusing a nut from Goodall but taking her hand in gratitude. Marks' watercolor-and-ink paintings capture both action and stasis beautifully and without affectation or sentimentality. This was first published in 1994 by the Jane Goodall Institute, and information on the institute and on Goodall's 'Roots and Shoots' program for young people is included in notes at the end. -- Booklist
The material is rich, giving us both glimpses of Goodall's seminal fieldwork and stories about common family troubles, which are perhaps more easily told to children through animal behavior than in human terms. -- The New York Times Book Review, Amy Finnerty
The material is rich, giving us both glimpses of Goodall's seminal fieldwork and stories about common family troubles, which are perhaps more easily told to children through animal behavior than in human terms. -- The New York Times Book Review, Amy Finnerty
About the Author
Marc Bekoff is Professor of Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society. A founder with Jane Goodall of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, he is the editor of the best-selling The Smile of a Dolphin: Remarkable Accounts of Animal
Emotions and author of Strolling With Our Kin.
Emotions and author of Strolling With Our Kin.
Alan Marks's first children's book, Storm, written by Kevin Crossley-Holland, won the Carnegie Medal. He has illustrated many other books, including Little Lost Bat and A Mother's journey. He lives in Kent, England.
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JANE GOODALL continues to study and write about primate behavior. She founded the Gombe Stream Research Center in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, and the Jane Goodall Institute for Wild Life Research, Education, and Conservation to provide ongoing support for field research on wild chimpanzees. She is the author of many books, including two autobiographies in letters, Africa in My Blood and Beyond Innocence. Today Dr. Goodall spends much of her time lecturing, sharing her message of hope for the future, and encouraging young people to make a difference in their world.
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This is a lovely book! The stories are indeed heart warming and Jane makes them all so clear I feel like I am there with her, watching them unfold.
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When Mel was just over three years old, his mother died during an epidemic of pneumonia that claimed the lives of seven other chimpanzees as well. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madam Bee, Dar Bee, Little Bee New!
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When Mel was just over three years old, his mother died during an epidemic of pneumonia that claimed the lives of seven other chimpanzees as well. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madam Bee, Dar Bee, Little Bee New!
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- Over the Hills and Far Away by Alan Marks in Back Flap
- The Chimpanzee Family Book (Animal Family Series) by Jane Goodall in Back Flap
- In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall in Back Flap
- Through a Window by Jane Goodall in Back Flap
- My Life with the Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall in Back Flap
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- Young Researchers: Informational Reading and Writing in the Early and Primary Years by Margaret Mallett on page 94, and page 123
- Young Researchers: Informational Reading and Writing in the Early and Primary Years by Margaret Mallett on page 94, and page 123
- When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- More Grandmothers Are Like Snowflakes...No Two Are Alike: A Treasury of Wit, Wisdom, and Heartwarming Observations by Janet Lanese on page 131
- Old Beaver by Udo Weigelt in Back Matter
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