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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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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, Mama's life and death, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings, all the while emphasizing the continuity between our species...
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English
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"Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and Rosemary, who begins her story in the middle. She has her reasons. "I was raised with a chimpanzee," she explains. "I tell you Fern was a chimp and already you aren't thinking of her as my sister. But until Fern's expulsion ... she was my twin, my funhouse mirror, my whirlwind other half and I loved her as a sister." As a child, Rosemary never stopped talking. Then, something...
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English
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Told simultaneously from the perspective of humans and chimpanzees, set in a Vermont home and a Florida primate research facility, this book explores the simple truths that transcend species, the meaning of family, the lure of belonging, and the capacity for survival.
7) Chimpanzees
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Language
English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces chimpanzees to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
11) Cha-cha chimps
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Counting and dancing go hand in hand at Mambo Jamba's, the place where hippos hokey-pokey and meerkats macarena and ten little chimps do the cha-cha-cha, until Mama Chip says, "Time for bed!"
13) Chimpanzees
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Series
Publisher
Grolier
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to the physical characteristics and habits of chimpanzees.
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This biography for children trace's Goodall's life, but each chapter will also focus on two or more the chimpanzees that she observed, with information in sidebars about these particular animals. Along with biographical details, the book will explore the ethical issues that surround Goodall's work and show what has changed in our understanding of Great Apes. What do we know today about these animals in terms of language, speech, tool use, and DNA?...
15) Chimpanzee nests
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English
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Chimpanzees are active mainly during the day. They sleep in nests at night. The nests give the chimps shelter. They help the chimps stay warm. Find out more in Chimpanzee Nests, a title in the Nature's Engineers series.
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English
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Being a brainy beast is just one of the things that make chimpanzees superstars! Did you know chimps make their own tool kits or that a chimp is as tall as an average woman? This fun and fact-packed title with high-impact visuals, including maps and infographics, will keep kids engaged as they learn all about chimpanzees. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division...
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English
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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...
18) Chimpanzees
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Language
English
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Introduces chimpanzees, including where they live, what they eat, how they communicate, and more.
19) Chimpanzees
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English
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Provides information about chimpanzees, including anatomy, behavior, and intelligence.
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