The Watcher
Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
From the Hardcover edition.
The Watcher was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe , Kirkus Reviews , Booklist , and the Bank Street College of Education.
From the Hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Goodall, Jane, 1934- -- Juvenile literature.
Primatologists -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women primatologists -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Chimpanzees -- Tanzania -- Gombe National Park -- Juvenile literature.
Goodall, Jane, 1934- -- Juvenile literature.
Primatologists -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women primatologists -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Chimpanzees -- Tanzania -- Gombe National Park -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: AD630L
ISBN:
9780375967740 (lib. bdg.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | Out (Due: 5/28/2024) |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | Out (Due: 6/12/2024) |
CB Goodall | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | Blythewood | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | Blythewood | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | Northeast Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Goodall, Jane | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Biography | In |