Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Primates by Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks

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This enticing nonfiction graphic novel tells the stories of three female primatologists: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas. These three ground-breaking researchers were all students of the great Louis Leakey and each contributed in their own way to the advancement in our understanding of the great apes, and how they relate to humans.




Survey Book
-provides a general overview of the topic
-provides an intro to the topic, but does not cover everything
-picture book format with colorful cartoon-style illustrations
-about primates and contains a mini-history story



Informational Storybook 
-picture book that shares info told as a story
-contains an afterword and acknowledgements
-characters & plot do not take away from the information provided about different primates




Ottaviani, J., & Wicks, M. (2013). Primates. New York, New York: First Second.


-Ms. J