Ape, Paperback/Martin Jenkins

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"White makes an intense emotional connection between subject and reader. . . . The great apes have found their John Singer Sargent." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review) A Book Sense Children s Pick A Bank Street College Best Children s Book of the Year A New York Public Library: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection An ASPCA Henry Bergh Children s Book Award Winner Swing with a hairy orangutan and her baby as they lunge for a smelly, spiky durian fruit. Roam and play with a gang of chimps, then poke out some tasty termites with a blade of grass. Chatter and feast on figs with a bonobo, or chomp on bamboo with a gorilla as he readies for sleep. What could be better than spending time with these rare and wonderful creatures after all, the fifth great ape on this planet is you "