Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes Paperback – Illustrated, August 6, 2008

This is an awesome book about the work of an awesome group. Well written and interesting with some points that many don't think about when it comes to the struggle to keep these gentle giants in existence.

While this book is oriented to young readers, it is nonetheless interesting and well-written for adult readers as well. It's not condescending nor childish. Ms. Turner is an authority on the subject and has done her research.

my son loved his book.,

Great book. Gift receiver was very happy with it.

love it

From the compelling portrait on the front cover, the photographs are one of the strongest features of this book. There are full-page photos of gorilla hands and feet that would be wonderful for actual comparison to a young readers' hands and feet. And this comparison would support one of the key messages of this book: humans and gorillas are very much alike. Sometimes that similarity is not such a good thing; for example, as humans and gorillas come into closer contact, the apes are catching human diseases which are hard for them to fight. Gorilla Doctors describes the work of veterinarians and other scientists who are struggling to keep the great apes safe in the wild. The language is very accessible, and could even work for a read-aloud to a younger child who's particuarly interested in gorillas.

On time and as expected,

GORILLA DOCTORS takes readers into the amazing world of gorillas and introduces us to a group of dedicated veterinarians who are passionate about saving this endangered species. Pamela Turner does a fabulous job of explaining the problems the doctors face, while giving readers a sense of place for that part of the world that most of us will never see. Well illustrated with touching and informative photos of the scientists and apes.

Book take a long time to arrive and I thought I bought it new, but it looked like used with weird smell.