My Life With the Chimpanzees
Paperback – Illustrated, April 1, 1996
Aladdin · Paperback · April 1, 1996
Inspired by a stuffed toy, Jane Goodall became the first woman to study chips in the wild and in the process made history.
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- Who it’s for
- Jane Goodall’s story connects a childhood love of animals with close observation of wild chimpanzees.
- Themes
- Chimpanzee social life, Love of animals, Animal and environmental advocacy
- Genres
- Apes & Monkeys, Kids Biographies, Biographies of Women for Kids
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Inspired by a stuffed toy, Jane Goodall became the first woman to study chips in the wild and in the process made history. As a child, Jane Goodall was given a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee, and she has said her fondness for this figure started her early love of animals. While others thought Jane would be terrified by the toy, she adored it and it inspired a life-long love of animals in her.
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Jane dreamed of a life spent working with animals, and when she was twenty-six years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild. During her expeditions she braved many dangers and she got to know an amazing group of wild chimpanzees—intelligent animals whose lives, in work and play and family relationships, bear a surprising resemblance to our own. Through her work at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania and her own Roots and Shoots program she has become a tireless advocate for animals and the planet. As for that stuffed toy, Jubilee still sits on Goodall’s dresser in London.
From Curiosity to Fieldwork
Jane Goodall’s story connects a childhood love of animals with close observation of wild chimpanzees.
Come here for
- A personal path from stuffed chimpanzee to fieldwork in Tanzania
- Wild chimpanzees’ work, play, and family relationships
Expect
- A life story that turns animal curiosity toward advocacy
- A thoughtful look at the surprising resemblance between chimpanzees and people
Where it sits
| Apes & Monkeys | 89% |
|---|---|
| Kids Biographies | 55% |
| Biographies of Women for Kids | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Apes & Monkeys
- Kids Biographies
- Protecting the Planet
- Authors
- Jane Goodall
- Publisher
- Aladdin
- Published
- April 1, 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Chimpanzee social life · Love of animals · Animal and environmental advocacy
- Reading lane
- Apes & Monkeys