My Life with the Chimpanzees (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780671562717)

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.

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.

Author: Jane Goodall
ISBN-10: 0671562711
ISBN-13: 9780671562717
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1996
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 32325 / My Life with the Chimpanzees