Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jane Goodall was the first person to study wild chimpanzees up close in a rain forest. She befriended the chimps and discovered amazing facts about their behaviors. What she learned forever changed how people look at these animals."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The author blends her experience in the natural world with her enthusiasm for botany to examine the role of trees and plants in the environment, citing the work of botanists while outlining her theories about sustainable farming.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, the book touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope...
4) Me...Jane
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
5) Jane Goodall
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
8) Me...Jane
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Me Jane: In the characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. Who says women can't be doctors: This inspiring story of the first female doctor in America shows how one strong-willed woman opened the doors for all the female doctors to come; I could do that! Esther Morris gets women the vote: Esther Morris started out believing she could do anything,...
9) Visionary women: how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. With a keen eye for historical detail, Andrea Barnet traces the arc of each woman's career and explores how their work collectively changed the course of history. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This biography for children will trace 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 explorethe ethical issues that surround Goodall's work and show what has changed in our understanding of Great Apes. --Provided by publisher.
12) Jane
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Looks back at Jane Goodall's career as a primatologist, animal rights advocate, and environmental activist. Comprised of present-day interview segments with Goodall and archival footage of her work studying chimpanzees at Tanzania's Gombe National Park shot by Hugo van Lawick in the 1960s for National Geographic.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
John Crocker spent eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He would follow families of wild chimpanzees and learn the fundamental behavioural traits of these chimps as they raised their offspring. Upon returning home and becoming a doctor, Crocker found himself incorporating the lessons he learned into his work as a father and physician.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Presents the lives and accomplishments of eight women scientists and inventors throughout history. Every story comes with an engaging activity that will nurture a child's own varied skills and inspire them to pursue a treasured goal or aspiration.
In MNLINK
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by East Central Regional Library can be requested from other MNLINK libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request