This lovely book starts with a sweet black and white picture of a little girl holding her chimpanzee, very similar to the drawing. We learn that her chimp is called Jubilee and she dreams of living in the jungle and helping animals. The little girl goes to sleep one night and when she wakes up she really is in the jungle. Who knew, this story is about Jane Goodall! I had no preconceptions of this book, what-so-ever when we picked it up. I am trying to collect all Caldecott winners and Caldecott honor books starting from 1937. This received the honor in 2012 and although we have not read the award winner (A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka), I think this would have gotten my vote to win. I had no idea that it was about Jane Goodall until the last page when the little girl woke up in the jungle and there was a picture of Jane with a real chimpanzee. The illustrations are adorable and I loved the real life photographs incorporated in at the beginning and the end. She really did have a chimp called Jubilee as well. We used this story to talk about what Doodle and Lula wanted to be when they grew up and how even dreams at 3 and 5 are attainable! Highly recommend his book to all preschool and school aged kids. Also a great lead in for some interesting natural history lessons.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Jane
This lovely book starts with a sweet black and white picture of a little girl holding her chimpanzee, very similar to the drawing. We learn that her chimp is called Jubilee and she dreams of living in the jungle and helping animals. The little girl goes to sleep one night and when she wakes up she really is in the jungle. Who knew, this story is about Jane Goodall! I had no preconceptions of this book, what-so-ever when we picked it up. I am trying to collect all Caldecott winners and Caldecott honor books starting from 1937. This received the honor in 2012 and although we have not read the award winner (A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka), I think this would have gotten my vote to win. I had no idea that it was about Jane Goodall until the last page when the little girl woke up in the jungle and there was a picture of Jane with a real chimpanzee. The illustrations are adorable and I loved the real life photographs incorporated in at the beginning and the end. She really did have a chimp called Jubilee as well. We used this story to talk about what Doodle and Lula wanted to be when they grew up and how even dreams at 3 and 5 are attainable! Highly recommend his book to all preschool and school aged kids. Also a great lead in for some interesting natural history lessons.
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