Gorillas
32 pages2003HarperTrophyISBN 9780060506704
About this book
<p>Classic movies show giant gorillas scaling tall buildings and swatting planes from the sky, but actual gorillas are gentle social animals that live together in family groups like humans. In fact, gorillas are one of the closest genetic matches to people. And just like humans, gorillas can</p><ul><p><li>shriek</li></p><p><li>chuckle</li></p><p><li>hiccup</li></p><p><li>even burp!</li></p></ul><p>Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to bring you an updated edition of his classic full-color photographic introduction to these fascinating animals.</p>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- HarperTrophy
- Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 32
- ISBN
- 9780060506704
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
Seymour Simon was born and raised in the Bronx in New York City. He attended highschool at the Bronx School of Science. After graduating from the City College of New York with a degree in animal behavior, he worked as a schoolteacher. In 1963 he was asked by Scholastic Inc. to write an article about the moon in anticipation of the moon landing, and he began writing articles for Scholastic magazines. After writing articles for several years, he wrote his first book, Animals in Field and Laboratory (1968). In 1979 he left teaching to become a full-time author. He has written more than 250 books about science for children, and continues to visit schools to talk about science.
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