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Highlights
- This heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle's Woodland Park.
- 9-10 Years
- 8.58" x 8.82" Paperback
- 48 Pages
- Juvenile Nonfiction, Animals
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About the Book
"This heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle's Woodland Park. The dedicated staff worked tirelessly to find innovative ways for mother and baby to build a relationship. The efforts were ultimately successful, as baby Yola bonded with her mother and the rest of the family group."--Publisher's description.Book Synopsis
This heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle's Woodland Park. The dedicated staff worked tirelessly to find innovative ways for mother and baby to build a relationship. The efforts were ultimately successful, as baby Yola bonded with her mother and the rest of the family group.
Review Quotes
Growing Up Gorilla by Clare Hodgson Meeker is heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle's Woodland Park. . . Profusely illustrated throughout with full color photography, and also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99), "Growing Up Gorilla" is especially and unreservedly recommended for children ages 8-12 and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to family, school, and community library Pets/Wildlife picture book collections.
-- (9/1/2019 12:00:00 AM)"This handsomely packaged and sturdily bound volume provides an intriguing look at how a team of humans nurtured and saved a gorilla family."--School Library Journal
-- (8/9/2019 12:00:00 AM)"Will provoke 'content grunts' in nature lovers."--Kirkus Reviews
-- (5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM)