Grades: 3 – 8
Curriculum Links: Science
Author Credibility: In order to write this book, Pamela Turner experienced first-hand the work these scientists to in order to save the mountain gorillas and study them.
Awards: 2005 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award
Summary: This book is about the mountain gorillas of east-central Africa and how scientists track them in order to treat them when their sick and do research on them. Throughout the book, interesting facts are told about the gorillas. The scientists discussed in the book study the gorillas and are very much a part of their lives. The close-up photographs are interesting and capture the gorillas and scientists in their element. The book also discussed how scientists and others are constantly battling with poachers who try to capture the mountain gorillas.
Standards: Science as Inquiry, Science in Social and Personal Perspectives (National Standards)
Illustrations: Full-color photographs taken of the mountain gorillas and scientists who work with them, these photographs are in full page spreads and smaller photos can be seen to, a map of Africa points out where the 2 species and 1 subspecies is located
Access Features: Each section displays an intriguing heading that describes what its going to be about, related books and websites, postscript, acknowledgements, index, and contacts for the Morris Animal Foundations`s Gorilla Veterinary Project
Classroom Use: I would use this book in my classroom to discuss how a team of scientists work together to save an endangered species. It could be used to found out more information about the mountain gorillas.
Response: I loved this book! It was a fascinating read! I learned so much about the mountain gorillas and was interesting to read how the scientists and park officials work together to try and save the gorillas. The photographs were so neat to look at truly captured how special they are.
Related Texts:
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
Eyewitness Guides: Gorilla by Ian Redmond
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