# The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps - Hardcover

by **Jeanette Winter** (Author), **Jeanette Winter** (Illustrator)

Acclaimed picture book biographer Jeanette Winter has found her perfect subject: Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis Leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates who are now in danger of extinction, and their habitat. Young animal lovers and Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of an extraordinary person and the animals to whom she has dedicated her life.

_The Watcher_ was named a Best Book of the Year by the _Boston Globe_, _Kirkus Reviews_, _Booklist_, and the Bank Street College of Education.

### Author Biography

JEANETTE WINTER has written and illustrated almost 50 books for children, including _Diego_ (a _New York Times_ Best Illustrated Book, _Parents' Choice_ Award winner, and Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies), _Emily Dickinson's Letters to the World_ (_New York Times_ Notable Book, _Parents' Choice_ Silver Medal), _The Librarian of Basra_ (ALA Notable Book), _My Name Is Georgia_ (_Publishers Weekly_ Best Book of the Year, ALA Notable, _Booklist_ Editors' Choice), and _Mama_ (_Boston Globe-Horn Book_ Honor Book, Society of Illustrators Silver Medal). Her art with flat colors and perspectives in the folk art tradition have brought her many honors.

**Number of Pages:** 48

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 8.6 x 8.6 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** April 05, 2011

**Award:** Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) (2011)

**Award:** South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (2013)

**Award:** Star of the North Picture Book Award (2014)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 4.2

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 19.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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