Jeanette Winter
The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Life Science
- Environment & Ecology
- Biography / Memoir
- Expedition / Survival
- Nature Narrative / Field Discovery
The Watcher follows Jane Goodall from watching a robin outside her London window to years of patient chimpanzee observation in Gombe. Her growing field access and later campaign for endangered primates make watching, recording, and protecting habitat the actions that define the life story.
The science inside
- Animals & Zoology
- Scientific Discovery & Careers
- Conservation
- Ecosystems
Your child will meet:
- Long-term observation can reveal animal behavior that a brief encounter would miss.
- A field researcher must learn where and when animals are active while minimizing disturbance.
- Chimpanzees have complex social behavior that can be documented across individuals and groups.
- Protecting an endangered primate also requires protecting its habitat.
Use it this way
Parent effort: Quick discussion
Acclaimed picture book biographer Jeanette Winter has found her perfect subject: Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis Leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates who are now in danger of extinction, and their habitat. Young animal lovers and Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of an extraordinary person and the animals to whom she has dedicated her life. The Watcher was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe , Kirkus Reviews , Booklist , and the Bank Street College of Education.
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