THE MOTHER CHIMPANZEE

by Edith Thacher Hurd ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 23, 1978

Dedicated to Jane Goodall and incorporating her eyewitness findings--the rain dance and termite search--another of the Hurds' gently unwinding life-cycle narratives. Unlike the others in the series, this covers not one but five years as the baby chimp grows from mother's milk and total dependence to a diet of figs, honey, and bananas, and increasing independence. An older male makes a benign appearance, a leopard watches but does not pounce, and the baby chimp reluctantly gives up mother's protection. In competent woodcuts, brown baboons and chimps eat and play in the jungle-green grass. Raindrop fresh.

Pub Date: March 23, 1978

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1978

Categories: NONFICTION