The Watcher Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

Jeanette Winter

eBook - 2011

Acclaimed 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.The Watcher was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and the Bank Street College of Education.

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Published
Random House Children's Books
Language
English
Main Author
Jeanette Winter
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
Format
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size19 GB
ISBN9780375985836
Release Date4/5/2011
Kindle Book
ISBN9780375985836
ASINB004S3HF9E
Release Date4/5/2011
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780375985836
Release Date4/5/2011