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Language
English
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Tarzan of the Apes is a coming of age story of John Clayton, the son of an English couple who are marooned in the western coastal jungles of equatorial Africa. His father is killed by the savage king ape Kerchak, and his mother dies of natural causes. At one year old, Clayton is adopted by the she-ape Kala and renamed Tarzan, or "white-skin" in the ape language.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
c2019
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mama's Last Hug presents a whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on De Waal's renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos, and other primates. De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, and Mama's life and death.
4) The hot zone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this virus. The book tells this dramatic story, giving an account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race.
5) Smithy
Author
Publisher
Inkshares. Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
519 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tumultuous summer of 1974, in the shadowy rooms of a rundown mansion in Rhode Island, renowned psychologist Dr. Piers Preis-Herald brings together a group of seven collegiate researchers to study the inner lives of man's closest relative--the primate. They set out to teach their subject, who would eventually be known to the world as Smithy, American Sign Language. But as the summer deepens and the history of the mansion manifests, the messages...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reveals why howler monkeys erupt into song at sunrise, what it means when a mandrill yawns, and other details about the behavior, family life, and intelligence of gorillas and other primates.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2018
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces gorillas, describing their physical features, what they eat, where they live, and how they care for their young.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Jane Goodall, a scientist who studied chimpanzees in their natural habitat in Africa and changed what we know about them.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated biography of the conservationist and scientist known for her work with chimpanzees and her championing of animal rights.
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages : map, portrait ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Royal, Nebraska, population eighty-one--where the church, high school, and post office each stand abandoned, monuments to a Great Plains town that never flourished. But for nearly twenty years, they had a zoo, seven acres that rose from local peculiarity to key tourist attraction to devastating tragedy. And it all began with one man's outsize vision. When Dick Haskin's plans to assist primatologist Dian Fossey in Rwanda were cut short by her murder,...
