Growing Up Gorilla: How a Zoo Baby Brought Her Family Together

Will provoke “content grunts” in nature lovers. (endnotes, glossary, index) (Nonfiction. 8-12)

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Growing Up Gorilla by Clare Hodgson Meeker is heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle's Woodland Park. The dedicated staff worked tirelessly to find innovative ways for mother and baby to build a relationship. The efforts were ultimately successful, as baby Yola bonded with her mother and the rest of the family group. Profusely illustrated throughout with full color photography, and also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99), Growing Up Gorilla is especially and unreservedly recommended for children ages 8-12 and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to family, school, and community library Pets/Wildlife picture book collections.