Jane Goodall's Animal World, Gorillas

JANE GOODALL was born in London on April 3, 1934, and grew up in Bournemouth, on the southern coast of England. In 1960, she began studying chimpanzees in the wild in Gombe, Tanzania. After receiving her doctorate in ethology at Cambridge University, Dr. Goodall founded the Gombe Stream Research Center for the study of chimpanzees and baboons. In 1977, she established the Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation to promote animal research throughout the world. She has written three books for adults, including the bestseller In the Shadow of Man, and three books for children, including the acclaimed My Life With the Chimpanzees and The Chimpanzee Family Book. MIRIAM SCHLEIN is the author of more than sixty books for children. Six of those have been chosen as Junior Literary Guild selections, six others were named as Outstanding Science Books for Children, as selected by the National Science Teachers Association/Children’s Book Council Joint Committee. She is the recipient of the Boys Clubs of America Junior Book Medal, and her book Project Panda Watch was cited as an Honor Book by the New York Academy of Sciences. She is also the author of Pandas, Hippos, and Elephants in the Jane Goodall’s Animal World series. She is the mother of two grown children and lives in New York City.