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2) The darling
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in Liberia and the United States from 1975 through 1991, The Darling is the story of Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground. Hannah flees America for West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends of the notorious warlord and ex-president, Charles Taylor. Hannah's encounter with Taylor ultimately triggers a series of events whose momentum catches Hannah's family in its grip and forces her to...
5) Hug
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bobo the chimp seeks hugs among various jungle animals and their young, but he does not get what he wants until he is reunited with his own parent.
6) Threatened
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Luc is an orphan, living in debt slavery in Gabon, until he meets a Professor who claims to be studying chimpanzees, and they head off into the jungle--but when the Professor disappears, Luc has to fend for himself and join forces with the chimps to save their forest.
7) Eva
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After a terrible accident, a young girl wakes up to discover that she has been given the body of a chimpanzee.
10) Willy's stories
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
From "Peter Pan" to "The Wind in the Willows," a chimpanzee finds himself inside a different classic tale each time he visits the library.
11) Yes
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young chimpanzee preparing for bedtime learns to say "Yes" when things suit him and "No" when they do not.
12) Arthur's pen pal
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Language
English
Description
Arthur views his little sister in a different light after receiving a revealing letter from his pen pal. Arthur thinks his pen pal is more fun than his little sister. Little sisters don't do things like karate and wrestling -- or do they? It takes a surprise letter to show Arthur that sometimes there's more to sisters -- and pen pals -- than meets the eye!
13) Grumpy monkey
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Jim Panzee wakes up in a bad mood one beautiful day, but he keeps denying he is grumpy even as his friends give advice for feeling better.
15) How do you feel?
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed., Reinforced trade ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young chimp describes a variety of emotions he experiences.
17) Willy's pictures
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Willy the chimp paints pictures that are tributes to art masterpieces, including "American Gothic," "The Birth of Venus," and "Mona Lisa."
18) Unsaid: a novel
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After veterinarian Helena Colden dies of breast cancer, she is unable to move on and narrates the emotional deterioration and struggle of her attorney husband David as he becomes involved in a court case to save the life of a chimpanzee.
19) Cha-cha chimps
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Counting and dancing go hand in hand at Mambo Jamba's, the place where hippos hokey-pokey and meerkats macarena and ten little chimps do the cha-cha-cha, until Mama Chip says, "Time for bed!"
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