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Author
Series
Willy books (Anthony Browne) volume 3
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Willy the chimpanzee is lonely until he meets Hugh Jape in the park, and the two become friends.
9) Project nim
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The story of Nim, the chimpanzee who became the focus of a landmark 1970s experiment to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. But as Nim's natural instincts take over and the humans trusted with his well-being fail to protect him, Project Nim uncovers the unflinching and extraordinary journey of one animal thrust into human society.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Sheri Speede always knew that she wanted to advocate for animals. But it was not until she was transporting a chimpanzee away from a biomedical facility in Cameroon that veterinarian Dr. Speede discovered her true calling. She went on to found a forested home for captive and orphaned chimpanzees. This compelling story of that journey reveals the profound resilience and emotional complexity of both the apes and the woman who loved them.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A whirlwind tour of new ideas and findings about animal emotions, based on De Waal's renowned studies of the social and emotional lives of chimpanzees, bonobos, and other primates. De Waal discusses facial expressions, animal sentience and consciousness, Mama's life and death, the emotional side of human politics, and the illusion of free will. He distinguishes between emotions and feelings, all the while emphasizing the continuity between our species...
13) Cha-cha chimps
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Appears on list
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!"
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever stayed up way past your bedtime? Jim Panzee certainly has. Jim is going to a slumber party and there's LOTS to do. Jim plans on bobbing for mangoes, going termite fishing, and of course staying UP ALL NIGHT! But Jim gets more than a little frustrated when all the things he wanted to do go awry. One by one, everyone else falls asleep, while Jim is determined to stay up. How long will he last?"--Publisher description.
17) Dynasties
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Nature depicted as never seen before: high stakes drama that goes deeper into the lives of five of the world's most celebrated and endangered animals than ever before: Chimpanzee, Emperor Penguin, Lion, Painted Wolf and Tiger.
18) Sims
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In a world where genetically altered chimpanzees called "sims"--Capable of speech and similar to humans--are increasingly being used for manual labor, marketed worldwide by a secretive company that owns the creature's genome, a lawyer attempts to create a sim union.
19) The tiger cubs and the chimp: the true story of how Anjana the chimp helped raise two baby tigers
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
20) Willy's stories
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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.
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