Introduces members of the primate order, discussing their evolution, physical characteristics, social behavior, and living environments.
One of a new series of books, Read and Discover, designed to encourage children to learn about the world as they learn to read. Watch them leap and swing and bathe and play. Everyone likes monkeys! Monkeys are everywhere. They come in all shapes and sizes and do all sorts of interesting things. Hansard takes young readers on a dawn-to-dusk tour of monkeys and apes throughout the world. Patrici…
Full-color photos & full-color illus. Here are monkeys that chew gum, monkeys that fish for crabs, and monkeys susceptible to sunburn in a fact-filled overview of these funny, furry creatures.
An introduction to the world of monkeys and apes, discussing appearance, habitat, behavior, diet, threats to their survival, and efforts to protect them. Part of a series on animals and animal behaviour, produced in collaboration with the makers of the award-winning television programme Survival, and aiming to introduce children to the animal kingdom. This book covers the natural history of ape…