This is an awe-inspiring picture book about the world's great apes. Orang-utan, Chimp, Bonobo, Gorilla - the great apes are some of the biggest and most extraordinary animals on our planet. Meet all four in this stunningly illustrated, large-format picture book, and find out how the fifth great ape - the human - impacts on the lives of these increasingly rare species.
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Orang-utan, Chimp, Bonobo, Gorilla - the great apes are some of the biggest animals on our planet. This picture book shows how the humans impact on the lives of these rare species.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781406303766
Publisert
2007-11-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Walker Books Ltd
Vekt
552 gr
Høyde
301 mm
Bredde
255 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
02, JC
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
48

Biografisk notat

Martin Jenkins is a conservation biologist and consultant for the WCMC, a UN organization concerned with conservation and the environment. He has won several awards for his work including the 1998 TES Information Book of the Year Junior Award for The Emperor's Egg, and he is the reteller of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver (9781406301748), illustrated by Chris Riddell, which won the 2005 Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives in Cambridge. Vicky White worked as a zookeeper looking after the great apes at Cheshire Zoo - where she couldn't keep from drawing them! This is her first book for children. She lives in Surrey.