The Watcher

Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

Illustrated by Jeanette Winter
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Hardcover
$18.99 US
On sale Apr 05, 2011 | 48 Pages | 978-0-375-86774-3
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 Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of an extraordinary person and the animals to whom she has dedicated her life.

The Watcher was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and the Bank Street College of Education.
  • WINNER | 2011
    Booklist Children's Editors' Choice
  • WINNER | 2011
    Junior Library Guild Selection
  • WINNER | 2011
    Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books
  • NOMINEE
    ALA Notable Children's Book
  • NOMINEE
    Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
  • NOMINEE
    National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children
  • NOMINEE
    South Carolina Children's Book Award
Jeanette Winter, whose My Name is Georgia was a Publishers Weekly Best Book among other accolades, lives in Pipe Creek, Texas. View titles by Jeanette Winter

About

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 Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of an extraordinary person and the animals to whom she has dedicated her life.

The Watcher was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and the Bank Street College of Education.

Awards

  • WINNER | 2011
    Booklist Children's Editors' Choice
  • WINNER | 2011
    Junior Library Guild Selection
  • WINNER | 2011
    Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books
  • NOMINEE
    ALA Notable Children's Book
  • NOMINEE
    Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
  • NOMINEE
    National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children
  • NOMINEE
    South Carolina Children's Book Award

Author

Jeanette Winter, whose My Name is Georgia was a Publishers Weekly Best Book among other accolades, lives in Pipe Creek, Texas. View titles by Jeanette Winter