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The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

by Jeanette Winter

Jane Goodall’s life with chimpanzees

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    Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

    Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews.

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Jane Goodall’s life with chimpanzees

Jeanette Winter’s picture-book biography traces Jane Goodall’s path from observing a robin outside her childhood home in London to studying chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, at Louis Leakey’s invitation. The account then turns to Goodall’s efforts to protect chimpanzees and their habitat as the animals face extinction. These stages connect close observation of wildlife with a wider commitment to conservation, giving the book a clear focus on both Goodall’s work and the primates she devoted her life to.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children interested in Jane Goodall and her work with chimpanzees
  • Young animal lovers interested in wildlife and conservation
  • Readers seeking a picture-book biography about a scientist

Themes

Jane Goodall’s life and workChimpanzees and animal observationWildlife conservationHabitat protection

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Book overview

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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