Jane has a huge library of books on gorillas and primates, but she’s often asked which are the best books for kids. Without spending too much time going through her vast selection of almost 1,000 books, here are a few books that should still be available in stores or libraries. It’s just a start:
Gorillas (The Untamed World), by Patricia Miller-Schroeder. Copyright 1997, Weigl Educational Publishers Ltd.. Published by Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, Austin, TX. ISBN: 0-8172-8476-1. About $20
The Mountain Gorilla, by Melissa Kim. Illustrated by Ann Strugnell. Copyright 1993 (paperback). Published by Ideals Publishing Corp, Nashville, TN 37214. ISBN: 0-8249-8615-6 About $5.00.
Save Our Wildlife: Gorillas, by Althea. Illustrated by Barbara McGirr. Copyright 1987, 1988 (paperback). Published in the USA by Longman Group USA Inc. ISBN: 0-88462-171-5. About $3.00.
Eyewitness Books: Gorilla, by Ian Redmond. Copyright 1995 (hard cover). Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN: 0-679-87332-5. About $20.00.
Kishina: A True Story of Gorilla Survival, by Maxine Rock. Copyright 1996 (paperback). Published by Peachtree Publishers, Ltd, Atlanta, GA. ISBN: 1-56145-107-X. About $13.00.
Jane Goodall’s Animal World: Gorillas, by Miriam Schlein. Copyright 1990 (paperback). Published by Byron Press Visual Publications Inc. ISBN: 0-689-71396-7.
Gorillas, by Paul Hermann Bürgel and Manfred Hartwig. Copyright 1992 (paperback, English edition). Published by Carolrhoda Books, Inc. Minneapolis, MN. ISBN: 0-87614-612-4. About $7.00.
Gentle Gorillas and Other Apes, by Allan Fowler. Copyright 1994 (paperback). Published by Childrens Press, Inc. ISBN: 0-516-06022-8. About $4.00.
All Aboard Reading: Gorillas, by Patricia Demuth, Illustrated by Paul Lopez. Copyright 1994 (paperback). Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY. ISBN: 0-448-40217-3. About $4.00.
Oxford Scientific Films: Monkeys & Apes, by Ian Redmond. Copyright 1990 (hard cover). Published in the USA by The Mallard Press. ISBN: 0-792-45031-0. About $6.00.
Dear Children of the Earth: A Letter from Home, by Schim Schimmel. Copyright 1994 (hard cover). Published in the USA by NorthWord Press, Inc, Minocqua, WI. ISBN: 1-55971-225-2. (Not about gorillas, but about saving our world with beautiful illustrations.) About $15.00.
The Golden Book of Monkeys, Apes and Other Primates, by Maida Silverman, Illustrated by James Spence. Copyright 1991 (hard cover). Published by Western Publishing Co, Inc., Racine, WI. ISBN: 0-307-15858-6. About $6.00.
Find Out About: Apes, by Michael Fitzpatrick, Illustrated by Richard Orr. Copyright 1986. Aladdin Books, London, England. ISBN: 0-241-11935-9. About $4.00.
Monkeys and Apes, published and copyrighted 1993 by Moonlight Publishing, Ltd, England. ISBN: 1-85103-185-5. About $15.00.
The Apes (Zoo Books), by John Bonnett Wexo. Copyright 1986 (hard cover). Published by Creative Education. ISBN: 0-88682-265-3.
What is a Primate? by Bobbie Kalman and Heather Levigne, Crabtree Publishing Company copyright 1999. ISBN # 0-86505-950-0 (paperback).
Animal Ways: Gorillas, by Paul Fleisher. Copyright 2001(!), published by Benchmark Books, NY, NY ISBN: 0-7614-1140-2. About $20.
The Gorilla, by Anne Ake. Copyright 1999 (hard cover). Published by Lucent Books, Inc., San Diego, CA. ISBN: 1-56006-492-7. About $25.
Gorillas and their Babies (A Zoo Life Book), by Marianne Johnston. Copyright 1999 (hard cover). Published by Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., New York, NY. ISBN: 0-8239-5313-0. About $20.
Gorillas (A True Book), by Patricia A. Fink Martin, published 2000, ISBN: 0-516-21570-1. Published by Children's Press, a Division of Grolier Publishing, New York. About $20.
Animal Underworld by Alan Green, published 1999, ISBN: 1-891620-28-2 mentions Gorilla Haven, although we never spoke to the author and were surprised to see our names in the index! This book exposes what happens to many zoo animals, when they are no longer able to be displayed. It's rather disturbing, but an important fact of life that many choose or want to ignore.
Ishmael, by Daniell Quinn. Copyright 1992. Published by Bantam Books (hard cover). ISBN: 0-553-07875-5. About $24.00
Insight Topic: Gorillas, by Karl Amman. Copyright 1997. Published by Apa Publications (HK) Ltd. Hardcopy ISBN: 9-62421-189-2. About $40.
Gorilla: Struggle for Survival in the Virungas, photographs by Michael Nichols and essay by George B. Schaller. Copyright 1989 (hard cover). Published by Aperture Foundation, Inc. ISBN: 0-89381-310-9. About $25.00.
The Great Apes: Our Face in Nature’s Mirror, by Michael Leach. Copyright 1996 (hard cover). Published/distributed in USA by Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. New York, NY. ISBN: 0-7137-2488-9. About $25.00
The Mountain Gorilla, by Boyd Norton. Copyright 1990 (hard cover). Published by Voyageur Press, Inc. Stillwater, MN. ISBN: 0-89658-134-9. About $30.00.
National Geographic Society: The Great Apes, Between Two Worlds, photos and essays by Michael Nichols. Copyright 1993 (hard cover). ISBN: 0-87044-947-8. About $30.00.
All About Gorillas, by David P. Willoughby (hard to find!). Copyright 1978 (hard cover). Published by Thomas Yoseloff, Ltd, London, England. ISBN: 0-498-01845-8. Price will be high, if you can find it!
Gorillas: The World of Animals, by Colin P. Groves (hard to find!). Copyright 1970 (hard cover). Published by Arco Publishing Co. Inc. New York, NY. ISBN: 688-01848-8. Price will vary, if you can find it!
Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales: Adventures in Human-Animal Communication, by George and Linda Harrar. Copyright 1989 (hard cover). Published by Simon and Schuster. ISBN: 0-671-67748-9. About $15.00.
The Pictorial Guide to The Living Primates, by Noel Rowe. Copyright 1996 (paperback). Published by Pogonias Press, NY. ISBN: 0-9648825-1-5. About $60 (but well worth it!).
The Amazing World of Lemurs, Monkeys, and Apes: Primates, by Barbara Sleeper. Copyright 1997 (paperback). Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA. ISBN: 0-8118-1434-3. About $25.00.