The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

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.

Author: Jeanette Winter
Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
Published: 04/05/2011
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 8.60w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780375867743
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 143322 / Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps


Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Recommended
Award: Star of the North Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/28/2011
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2011 pg. 144
Booklist 03/01/2011 pg. 52
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2011
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2011
School Library Journal 04/01/2011 pg. 165
New York Times Book Review 05/15/2011 pg. 20
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2011 pg. 2121
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2012 pg. 11

About the Author
JEANETTE WINTER has written and illustrated almost 50 books for children, including Diego (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book, Parents' Choice Award winner, and Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies), Emily Dickinson's Letters to the World (New York Times Notable Book, Parents' Choice Silver Medal), The Librarian of Basra (ALA Notable Book), My Name Is Georgia (Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, ALA Notable, Booklist Editors' Choice), and Mama (Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, Society of Illustrators Silver Medal). Her art with flat colors and perspectives in the folk art tradition have brought her many honors.