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Classic movies show giant gorillas scaling tall buildings and swatting planes from the sky, but actual gorillas are gentle social animals that live together in family groups like humans. In fact, gorillas are one of the closest genetic matches to people. And just like humans, gorillas can shriek, chuckle, hiccup, and even burp! Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon brings you a full-color photographic introduction to these fascinating animals.
Lexile Measure: 960 (What's this?)
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; Updated edition (December 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060891017
ISBN-13: 978-0060891015
Product Dimensions: 10 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #88,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #12 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Photography #129 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Apes & Monkeys #135 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Science Studies > Nature > Environment
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 4
In "Gorillas," a rich assortment of full-color photographs is complemented by the interesting, straightforward text of Seymour Simon. The result is fine book for young readers who are interested in gorillas.Simon describes the different subspecies of gorilla: the western lowland, eastern lowland, and mountain gorilla. He also discusses gorilla anatomy and social life. Particularly interesting is the material about gorilla babies and their development. Simon makes it clear that gorillas are, in general, peaceful beings who have sometimes been inaccurately portrayed by the entertainment industry. Towards the end of the book, Simon discusses some threats to wild gorillas and pays tribute to the work of pioneering gorilla researchers George Schaller and Dian Fossey.Of course, very young readers will be happy to simply look at the stunning photographs in the book. The cameras capture the varied range of gorilla facial expression and body language. Especially moving are the pictures of young gorillas and gorilla family groups. Looking into the faces of these beings, you can really see the genetic kinship they share with humans (Simon notes that our two species share 98% of our DNA)."Gorillas" is another fine achievement for Seymour Simon.
The photographs in this book alone are worth the price of the book. This is a great starter book for children. The text is quite simply written yet is loaded with facts and leaves plenty of room open for discussion. The book is quite well researched. This is a good one to read one on one with your child or it is good to read to the entire class. The kids all seem to like it quite well, which, in the end, is really what matters. Highly recommend this one.
I bought this for my toddler grandson along with Amazing Gorillas. He loves both of them as they have great gorilla pictures. I knew the language would be to hard for him to understand, but the he loves leafing through the pictures. He is constantly asking us to take him to the zoo to see the gorillas, so this is a nice tide over between visits!
This is the book I bought to go along with a stuffed gorilla and a copy of "Koko's Kitten". I am giving this 'collection' as a present to an 8 year old. I think he will love and learn from them.
Great book to read with a group of readers before reading The One and Only Ivan. It works well for fact finding and categorizing their research and helps them understand the main character in the fictional gorilla.
Science author Seymour Simon gives us a great education on Gorillas in his book titled Gorillas. We learn neat facts about these creatures. They can weight only weight about 5 pounds we they are born up grow to weight more than 400 pounds! The book includes lots of full color photos of Gorillas. It also tells us there are 3 group of gorillas. We learn about all three groups in the book and get to see pictures of them as well.The content of the book is written in a simplistic manner, but is loaded with facts and statistics about gorillas.Children who would like learn more about gorillas will enjoy this book. We recommed it to animal loves ages 4-9.
If you and your children love animals then you must love gorillas. This book is full of beautiful pictures and is a great introduction to the mountain gorilla. It was a stocking stuffer for my daughter a second grader and she loved it. Would definitely make the purchase again.
Excellent photos. Text a little too detailed for younger children. When reading to pre-schoolers, just skip over the parts about gorillas being hunted and killed! But our gorilla-loving granddaughter loved the pictures and whatever story I made up to go with each picture!
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