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Who Is Jane Goodall? (Who Was?) Paperback – November 8, 2012

by Roberta Edwards (Author), Who HQ (Author), John O'Brien (Illustrator)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,211 ratings
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A life in the wild!

Jane Goodall, born in London, England, always loved animals and wanted to study them in their natural habitats. So at age twenty-six, off she went to Africa! Goodall's up-close observations of chimpanzees changed what we know about them and paved the way for many female scientists who came after her. Now her story comes to life in this biography with black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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    7 - 9 years, from customers
  2. Part of series
    Who Was?
  3. Print length
    112 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 7
  6. Lexile measure
    700L
  7. Dimensions
    8.5 x 5.43 x 0.28 inches
  8. Publisher
    Penguin Workshop
  9. Publication date
    November 8, 2012
  10. ISBN-10
    0448461927
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0448461922
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Workshop (November 8, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0448461927
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0448461922
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 700L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 5.43 x 0.28 inches
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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Great biography but contains a story about cannibalism of an infant chimp.
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Great biography but contains a story about cannibalism of an infant chimp.
So we love the Who is/ Who was series and for the most part this is a great book. But towards the end is a story of a chimp who attacks another chimp, kidnaps her infant and "fed on it until every last bit was gone". This reduced my 9yo daughter to tears she was so upset. I understand that the author's intent was to show how Jane's views on chimps being like humans but nicer was changed after researching them for years. I feel like that could have been accomplished without that particular story, especially since the intended audience is elementary students.I let my daughter give the star level rating. She deducted a star for that particular part of the story but said she enjoyed learning about Jane and the chimps.
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Eek
5.0 out of 5 stars Educational, easy read
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024
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I love all these books and buy them for my kiddos. They are big print , have pictures and best of all east to read. We learn so much every time. Great for book reports for the younger grades. I buy them if we are traveling and read them so the kids have a good historical foundation!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for a third grader!
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2023
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My daughter is going to be Jane Goodall for the 3rd Grade Wax Museum, and we bought this book to help her along. This book is perfect in difficulty level for her and contains lots of useful information and pictures. My daughter was excited to read this book and said that it was easy for her to read and understand.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for a biography book report
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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Fourth graders at our elementary school do a biography book report every year and the “Who Is/Was” series is the go to books for these kids. They are a quick and easy read for a fourth grader and tells lots of details about not just the persons life but also other details, that just kind of add to their story. My daughter really enjoyed this book in particular, and was able to write a really interesting book report on Jane Goodall.
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Dustin
5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful and concise. Highly recommend
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2021
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Got this for my kid’s book report. Very useful information and fun for her to read. We both learned some new things about Jane. 3rd grade. Do recommend
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great biography but contains a story about cannibalism of an infant chimp.
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So we love the Who is/ Who was series and for the most part this is a great book. But towards the end is a story of a chimp who attacks another chimp, kidnaps her infant and "fed on it until every last bit was gone". This reduced my 9yo daughter to tears she was so upset. I understand that the author's intent was to show how Jane's views on chimps being like humans but nicer was changed after researching them for years. I feel like that could have been accomplished without that particular story, especially since the intended audience is elementary students.

I let my daughter give the star level rating. She deducted a star for that particular part of the story but said she enjoyed learning about Jane and the chimps.
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Mrs.T82
4.0 out of 5 stars Great biography but contains a story about cannibalism of an infant chimp.
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2020
So we love the Who is/ Who was series and for the most part this is a great book. But towards the end is a story of a chimp who attacks another chimp, kidnaps her infant and "fed on it until every last bit was gone". This reduced my 9yo daughter to tears she was so upset. I understand that the author's intent was to show how Jane's views on chimps being like humans but nicer was changed after researching them for years. I feel like that could have been accomplished without that particular story, especially since the intended audience is elementary students.

I let my daughter give the star level rating. She deducted a star for that particular part of the story but said she enjoyed learning about Jane and the chimps.
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Alyssa Larson
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2017
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I didn't have high expectations - the "Who Was..." series is huge, and sometimes the quality is mediocre when a publisher decides to crank out that many titles in a series. It was great, though! I have an unenthusiastic reader who had to be dragged inside to read a biography of 100+ pages and present the book report to his 4th grade class. With the exception of the time he glommed onto my collection of Hugleikr Dagsson books, this is the first time he's been excited to turn the page and find out what happened next. He laughed. He asked lots of questions. He read a whole book without grumbling. The highlight of his week was sharing with his class that this badass scientist once got the snot beaten out of her by a chimp, got thrown off a cliff, got up, dusted herself off, and got back to work. Also, her dad fought Nazis. My boy's a fan. After finishing, he was so interested in Dr. Goodall's life that I even got him to read a good portion of her autobiography, My Life with the Chimpanzees. I almost feel like I could start saving money for college instead of bail for this kid.
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Krystal
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the classroom
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2016
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I used this book for students to study a person in history to write a report on. This was for a 4th grade classroom. Each student read the novel on their own and filled out a novel study that I created for non-fiction books. Students were able to follow the book with ease and understand what they were reading.There were several pictures to aid in understanding. There is also a timeline that helps students understand the timeline of events as they read. Very great resource.
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Kimberly Guessferd
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2016
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Who is Jane Goodall is the most amazing book a child could read when I read this book I was very shocked at how passion ate all of the new born chimpanzees I was also heart broken at how passion did not care for her child how can some one be so careless and let their child just die like that she did'nt even feed the child horrible but I would give this five stars I'm just going to say good job Roberta Edwards and I thank you for writing this book for children.
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Marco
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro
Reviewed in Mexico on August 21, 2020
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Excelente libro, muy recomendado, llegó en perfecto estado.
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Gisolm
5.0 out of 5 stars School project
Reviewed in Brazil on January 29, 2020
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Interesting Book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
Reviewed in India on July 5, 2020
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I love this book and it gives you a feeling to chimps (chimpanzees).

How did you make such a nice book ???
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5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD BUY AND A GREAT BOOK WHEN I BUY THESE ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2017
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GOOD BUY AND A GREAT BOOK WHEN I BUY THESE I READ THEM SO WHEN MY KIDS ASK ANY THING ABOUT THE BOOK I CAN SAY AND A GREAT TIME FOR ME TO LEARN FROM THE BOOK AT THE SAME TIME
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Rudy Cooper
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Informative
Reviewed in Canada on May 3, 2016
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Difficult to rate as it is really a children's book and and not a literary work. It is informative and fun. Read it to 12 yr old grand daughter and she listened and giggled at times.
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