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The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps
by Jeanette Winter
Age: 4-8 years
Art: flat colors and perspectives in the folk art tradition
Award: 2012 Top 10 books on the environment (Booklist)
Always a watcher of the world around her, Jane Goodall takes her most important journey to Gombe, Africa where she conducted her monumental research on a group of chimpanzees.This story best exhibits the benefits of patience, gentleness, perseverance, and personal responsibility from Goodall's childhood to old age.
The author wished that, as a child, she had a book with a brave, trail-blazing woman. This appears to be her main reason to write on Jane Goodall, but it is not shown that she is an expert on the subject. She has written almost 50 nonfiction titles. The author used 4 direct quotes from Goodall--an excellent touch of reality. Because there are no "real-life" pictures, this book does have the feel of fiction (this may be good or bad depending on the child). The biggest deterrent for the age group is the long length of the story.
Art: flat colors and perspectives in the folk art tradition
Award: 2012 Top 10 books on the environment (Booklist)
Always a watcher of the world around her, Jane Goodall takes her most important journey to Gombe, Africa where she conducted her monumental research on a group of chimpanzees.This story best exhibits the benefits of patience, gentleness, perseverance, and personal responsibility from Goodall's childhood to old age.
The author wished that, as a child, she had a book with a brave, trail-blazing woman. This appears to be her main reason to write on Jane Goodall, but it is not shown that she is an expert on the subject. She has written almost 50 nonfiction titles. The author used 4 direct quotes from Goodall--an excellent touch of reality. Because there are no "real-life" pictures, this book does have the feel of fiction (this may be good or bad depending on the child). The biggest deterrent for the age group is the long length of the story.