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Updated for 2020, chimpanzees are fascinating to young children. Through the photos and text in this book, young children will learn how chimps can do many of the same things that we can do.

Olivia loves to help her friends, even though that means she doesn't have time to play and hang around like the other orangutans. When she takes on one job too many, Olivia gets a helper of her own, and finds that the work goes twice as fast.

The way a gorilla moves is called knuckle-walking. This is because the animal puts pressure on its knuckles when it moves. Beginning readers will learn how gorillas "walk," why they beat their chests, and more in this informative title.

Before humans, and before human history, there were the apes. Snub is a young gorilla, living in the heart of what will eventually be known as Africa. She is jealous of her mother's new baby . . . and restless in her need to explore. When a natural disaster shakes up her family, Snub finds herself as the guardian of her young sibling . . . and lost in a reshaped world. Snub may feel orphaned, but she is not alone. There are other creatures stalking...

Gorillas are not fierce unless threatened. Gorillas are the shy, gentle giants of African jungles. Discover more about how they live in All About African Gorillas, one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each title is beautifully illustrated with large, close-up photos. Be sure to check out all 18!

A fun way for little ones to learn new words-from "penguins" to "pufferfish"! This delightful book takes young readers on a visit to the aquarium with Curious George and builds their vocabulary by introducing new words. While they learn the names of various sea creatures and other sites around the aquarium, they'll also enjoy an adventurous trip, along with everyone's favorite monkey.

Riding forward and backward on his bicycle and letting pigs in and out of their pen, George, in his typical inquisitive manner, explores opposites in this simple book.

What makes an animal astute that allows them to adapt to their environment? First of all, what does, astute even mean? It's easy as ABC...all the way through the letter Z! That's where assonance and alliteration come into play and make learning about animals in an entertaining way. Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonants in words (as "red hen") for poetic effect Alliteration: the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning...

Do you ever feel like George? Are you curious? Are you mischievous? Curious kids can read along with their parents to see if they behave like the monkey best known for getting in and out of mischief.

I am the father of two bright and curious boys. When my oldest was little, he always had trouble winding down from the day and never wanted to go to bed. So, like most parents, I started to sing to him each night. I made up a fun little story of a restless monkey, and before long, bedtime was much less of a challenge. My boys are a few years older, but I still sing to them sometimes. It was on one of these occasions that I had the idea that this...