Monkey see, monkey do. (Books).Children, with their fascination for wildlife, cherish books with animal characters--Curious George, Babar, The Berenstain Bears, and more. But few fiction books present the reality of the animal kingdom, sans funny hats and human speech. That's why Clive and Helen Dorman created the Okomi series (Dawn Publications, $4.95), books based around a young chimpanzee chimpanzee, an ape, genus Pan, of the equatorial forests of central and W Africa. The common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, lives N of the Congo River. Full-grown animals of this species are up to 5 ft (1. growing up in the African forest. The stories incorporate the observations of primate primate, member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians, or lower primates. The group can be traced to the late Cretaceous period, where members were forest dwellers. expert Jane Goodall Noun 1. Jane Goodall - English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934) Goodall , and illustrate the way chimpanzee families actually communicate with each omen The issues that chimp Okomi faces--sibling rivalry, tantrums and exploration--parallel social stages that human children experience. Through books such as Okomi The New Baby, which are aimed at preschoolers, the Dormans hope to raise awareness of a species that Goodall says "is more like us than any other living beings." Proceeds support the Jane Goodall Institute The Jane Goodall Institute was founded by Jane Goodall and Genevieve, Princess di San Faustino, in 1977. In 1991, JGI launched its widest-reaching program: Roots & Shoots, a program about making positive change happen—for our communities, for animals and for the environment. .--J.D.K. |
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