Books with title Gorilla

Apprehensive, the crowd watches as Binti Jua approaches the boy who has fallen into her pit. Acting as a loving rescuer, she cradles the unconscious boy and carries him to safety. Saving this child surprised everyone who witnessed the scene, and changed people's dominant view that gorillas are just savage beasts. Yet Binti Jua isn't the only smart gorilla in the zoo. From expressing emotions to using tools, creating art, and understanding language, gorillas are amazing the world with their sensitivity and intelligence. In Gorillas, kids will read many stories of animals like Binti Jua who are displaying almost humanlike intelligence.

Anything can happen at Gorilla Garage. It's where gorillas do the fixing. It's where orangutans do the pumping. It's where grease monkeys do the odd jobs. And it's where chimpanzees make you feel right at home. Let the magical monkeyshines at Gorilla Garage pick you up, fix you up, and send you off with your motor humming. You'll be moving at top speed in no time. Playful illustrations by Vincent Nguyen lend a hand in a story that s all monkey business. What a gas!

Discover how gorillas are related to humans and how scientists have communicated with these incredible animals using sign language.Nature's Children series provides young readers (Ages 8-10) with fascinating information about the planet's most incredible wildlife species. Each title offers a complete picture of the animal- from birth to adulthood- and describes its place in our world, including how humans impact it and its environment. Given their huge size and hulking movements, gorillas might seem frightening at first, but they are actually gentle and intelligent animals. Readers will find out how these gentle giants search for food, communicate with one another, and form complex social groups.

Young readers will find everything from the breeding and training of horses to the mating songs of frogs in these comprehensive, informative books about a wide variety of animals. Each engrossing volume examines the habitat, range, classification, evolution, anatomy, behavior, species identification and endangered status of its subject. Brilliant photography captures animals and underscores the great variety of species found within each family or order. Distribution maps pinpoint where each animal is located, and a time line traces its evolution. Also included are detailed studies -- and stunning illustrations -- of the animals' anatomy, their amazing adaptations and survival skills and the obstacles they face today, due in large part to humans.

Here is a list of the things I love.One gorilla.Two butterflies among my flowers--and one gorilla.Tree budgerigars in my house--and one gorilla.One very playful gorilla keeps popping up in gardens, forests, jungles, and even people's houses as he takes the reader on a wild counting adventure. He hides--as much as a gorilla can!--along with all the other creatures as they dart, leap, and peer from the most surprising places, waiting to be counted. A chart at the end of the book provides a key to all the animals and their corresponding numbers.Soft, precise illustrations characterize this colorful counting book.