Author/Illustrator; Brad Meltzer/Christopher Elipoulos
Genre: Biography
Awards: NA
Age Level: 5-8 years old
Summary: The story of Jane Goodall begins by her father buying her a cuddly toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. She would carry her toy chimpanzee everywhere, Jane even played pretend school and had her animals listen to her. The reader learns that Jane is a curious little girl that loved nature and animals. Her favorite story as a child was Dr. Doolittle. This is when she vowed to go and visit all the animals in Africa. It was typical for a young girl to become a teacher or nurse. For Jane, she dreamed of studying animals in Africa. Once she got on a trip to Africa, she met an anthropologist and was hired as his secretary. He informed her of the new job studying chimpanzees. Jane had to accept and spent the next year of her life learning about the animal. At first, she had difficulty in finding them. It didn't take long for the chimpanzee's to get comfy with Jane and they became her best friends. Jan Goodall teaches us to listen to the feelings in our hearts and to take responsibility for the animals around us. I loved the illustrations in the book being so vibrant and colorful. Each of the animals were delicately colored in. The reader also see captions from the characters on a few pages to add extra information and add personality to them.
"You cannot get through a single day without having having an impact on the world around you."
-Jane Goodall
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