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K-3
Animal Friends series.
Large format, clear photographs, open pages, and unchallenging sentences recommend these books for young animal enthusiasts. Though the facts about each animal aren't extensively explored, readers get a sense of their caring and supportive behavior within their family groupings; the appeal of the subject matter speaks for itself. There are three other spring 2015 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these Animal Friends titles: Bonobos, Bottlenose Dolphins, and Elephants.
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YA
Sixteen-year-old Sebah, a Canaanite girl, survives a massive flood that kills her family. As the rains continue, she encounters a giant boat--Noah's ark. Exhausted and grief-stricken, Sebah finds herself in a cage with a pair of bonobos, with whom she soon bonds. The characters that Napoli creates to flesh out her retelling of the classic story add depth.
264 pp.
| Scholastic
| October, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-0-545-16576-1$17.99
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YA
When Sophie, fourteen, arrives for her yearly visit to her Congolese mother's animal sanctuary, she becomes attached to a baby bonobo. So when the political situation destabilizes dangerously and she's scheduled to be airlifted back to Miami, she can't bear to leave him behind. Schrefer packs a wealth of incident into a compelling survival story set in contemporary conflict-ridden Congo.
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4-6
Living in the Wild: Primates series.
These books present information about their primate subjects in manageable sections focusing on topics like habitat, species classification, and measure of intelligence. Each volume begins with a general introduction and distribution map, followed by detail-rich text, numerous captioned color photos, and sidebars. Conservation status and how humans can help are also addressed. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Living in the Wild: Primates titles: Bonobos, Orangutans, and Lemurs.