| View Larger Image | Gorillas | Paperbackby Seymour Simon (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Collins | | Edition: | Updatedth Edition | | Page Count: | 32 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 01, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 275,042th |
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Product Description
Classic movies show giant gorillas scaling tall buildings and swatting planes from the sky, but actual gorillas are gentle social animals that live together in family groups like humans. In fact, gorillas are one of the closest genetic matches to people. And just like humans, gorillas can shriek chuckle hiccup even burp! Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to bring you an updated edition of his classic full-color photographic introduction to these fascinating animals. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 6 reviews)
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Gorillas -- book review by Martha W. Straub (Harrison, Maine)  4 Stars
May 01, 2009
Excellent photos. Text a little too detailed for younger children. When reading to pre-schoolers, just skip over the parts about gorillas being hunted and killed! But our gorilla-loving granddaughter loved the pictures and whatever story I made up to go with each picture!
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Animals in the jungle by Reader Views (Austin, Texas) 4 Stars
February 20, 2009
Reviewed by Evan Weldon (age 7) for Reader Views (2/09)
"Gorillas" by Seymour Simon is a good book about gorillas. Did you know a gorilla can eat up to fifty pounds of plants a day? They eat juicy fruits, leaves, stems and shoots. I also learned that gorillas are very playful. Gorillas are endangered because of poachers and hunters. Their only real enemy is people.
My favorite part of the books was the pictures. There were lots of close-ups with lots of details of the gorillas. There was even a close-up of a gorilla's hand. The gorillas' hands are big and black and thick with long black fingernails. My favorite picture is of a baby climbing on its mother's head.
I would recommend "Gorillas" by Seymour Simon to people who want to learn more about gorillas. Even my four-year-old brother and my mom enjoyed this book.
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Gorillas! by Lynn Ellingwood (Webster, NY United States)  5 Stars
June 30, 2008
I learned a lot from this book. I didn't know a lot of the information about gorillas in this book, I appreciate Seymour Simon who writes these wonderful books and teaches us so much about science. I will add this book to my classroom library.
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WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION BOOK. by D. Blankenship (The Ozarks) 5 Stars
November 25, 2006
The photographs in this book alone are worth the price of the book. This is a great starter book for children. The text is quite simply written yet is loaded with facts and leaves plenty of room open for discussion. The book is quite well researched. This is a good one to read one on one with your child or it is good to read to the entire class. The kids all seem to like it quite well, which, in the end, is really what matters. Highly recommend this one.
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lots of good info by Melissa Sack (georgia) 4 Stars
May 21, 2004
Science author Seymour Simon gives us a great education on Gorillas in his book titled Gorillas. We learn neat facts about these creatures. They can weight only weight about 5 pounds we they are born up grow to weight more than 400 pounds! The book includes lots of full color photos of Gorillas. It also tells us there are 3 group of gorillas. We learn about all three groups in the book and get to see pictures of them as well.The content of the book is written in a simplistic manner, but is loaded with facts and statistics about gorillas. Children who would like learn more about gorillas will enjoy this book. We recommed it to animal loves ages 4-9.
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