You Can Be a Primatologist: Exploring Monkeys and Apes with Dr. Jill Pruetz

by Jill Pruetz

Overview

Monkeys, apes, gorillas, and chimps! There are so many primates for budding nature lovers to meet. Learn all about the career of a real-life National Geographic scientist as she heads into the wild to study these amazing animals.

Come along with Dr. Jill Pruetz as she heads to the wilds of Africa to study chimpanzees and other primates. Through simple, accessible text in question-and-answer format and bright, friendly photography, young scientists will learn all about this exciting science career. Do all primates live in the jungle? Do primatologists live there with them? What's a primatologist's day like? Explore these questions and more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426337543
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/07/2020
Series:	You Can Be A ...
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	770L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

JILL PRUETZ is a primatologist, biological anthropologist, and National Geographic Emerging Explorer whose work focuses on studying chimpanzee behavioral ecology. She received her Ph.D. in biological anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and works as a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University. She also teaches field classes in Costa Rica and conducts research at the Fongoli Chimpanzee field site in Senegal, West Africa.

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2020

Gr 2–4—Being a primatologist is as difficult as it is rewarding. Dr. Jill Pruetz studies and observes the primates near the village of Fongoli in Senegal because relatively little is known about them or how they live their lives. Each day, the author and her team walk for miles and take notes as they make new observations about these fascinating animals. Through this research, primatologists hope that more actions will be taken to preserve the lives of primates around the world. Told in a mix of narrative and factual presentation, the book engages a wide range of readers. Varying font sizes and colors coupled with vivid, full-color photographs create visual appeal. The endpapers are filled with silhouettes of many different kinds of primates, setting the tone for the text within. The end of the book outlines what children can do if they are interested in becoming primatologists. From reading to natural observation, young readers have much at their disposal to learn about animals and enhance their observational skills. A glossary ensures comprehension of the new concepts introduced. VERDICT This worthy library addition serves to both educate and inspire young readers in the effort to preserve primates and their habitat well into the future.—Mary Lanni, formerly at Denver Public Library

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