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One and only Ivan stories volume 1
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Description
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
2) Gorillas
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Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
From baboons to mandrills and chimpanzees to gorillas, Amazing Primates introduces young readers to some of the most fascinating primates on Earth. Readers will explore the history, natural habitats, physical features, diets, myths and legends, and life cycles of the world’s most fascinating primates. Did you know that in nature, gorillas rarely drink water? They get enough water from the lush plants they eat.
Author
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
xviii, 326 p., [80] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Among the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, Gorillas in the Mist is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. Fossey combines...
8) Gorillas
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
Description
"Gorillas are smart, strong, and shy animals that live all over the rainforests in Africa. They live together in families called social groups in order to protect and support each other, but even so, they face ever-growing dangers every day from predators and humans. To find the best ways to help, we also need to learn how they live and adapt to their environment. In this easy introduction, young readers can discover information about how these primates...
9) Gorillas
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Description
"Find out why gorillas are in danger of dying out, what effect these animals have on the environment, and what people are doing to save them from extinction"--
Examines why gorillas are endangered, discussing their effect on the environment and exploring how people are trying to save them.
10) Little Gorilla
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Pub. Date
c1976
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.
Description
Little Gorilla's family and friends try to help him overcome his special growing pains.
13) No fits, Nilson!
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 28 cm.
Description
Amelia must continually remind her gorilla friend, Nilson, not to have fits, especially when they are running errands with her mother, but sometimes Amelia stomps and growls, too.
14) Congo
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park and Timeline comes a gripping thriller about the shocking demise of eight American geologists in the darkest region of the Congo.
“Thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review
Deep in the African rainforest, near the ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, a field expedition is brutally killed. At the Houston-based Earth Resources...
“Thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review
Deep in the African rainforest, near the ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, a field expedition is brutally killed. At the Houston-based Earth Resources...
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Mountain gorillas are one of the most endangered species in the world. Now they are facing a new threat, from the very tourism that is helping to protect them: exposure to human disease. This is the story of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and its work to provide medical care to the gorillas.
17) My Ishmael
Author
Series
Ishmael trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
288 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Traces the relationship between a lowland gorilla with telepathic powers and a humanitarian twelve-year-old girl, who challenges his role and his wisdom as a teacher of humanity.
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Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 26
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Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Description
"For generations, the Silverback troop has lived in peaceful seclusion high above the plains, but when a new evil descends on their home, one young gorilla must venture into the unknown to prevent darkness from taking hold of all they hold dear"--
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