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Grindley, Sally

Little Sibu: An Orangutan Tale

32 pp. | Peachtree | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 1-56145-196-7 $$15.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by John Butler. Grindley tells the story of a young orangutan gradually learning to separate himself from his mother. While the text is based in fact and the illustrations are realistic, the text incongruously attributes human emotions and motivations to animal actions (Little Sibu's mother "wanted to be kind, but sometimes she had to be cruel"). Still, this approach may help young readers identify with Sibu's situation.
Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli

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