Chimp math learning about time from a baby chimpanzee
When a tiny chimpanzee is born prematurely at a Kansas zoo, and the mother shows no interest in her baby, a pediatrician comes in to care for the little chimp eventually named Jiggs. Readers can follow Jiggs as he grows from a wobbly infant to a wild and wonderful toddler. Along the way they learn a...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
H. Holt,
c2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | When a tiny chimpanzee is born prematurely at a Kansas zoo, and the mother shows no interest in her baby, a pediatrician comes in to care for the little chimp eventually named Jiggs. Readers can follow Jiggs as he grows from a wobbly infant to a wild and wonderful toddler. Along the way they learn about clocks, calendars, time lines, and other ways of keeping time records. |
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| Physical Description: | 29 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0805066748 (hc : alk. paper) 9780805066746 (hc : alk. paper) |
| Author Notes: | Ann Whitehead Nagda is the author of Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger , as well as several other books about wildlife. Ms. Nadga lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and her cat. Cindy Bickel has worked at the Denver Zoo for more than thirty years. Ms. Bickel helped write Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger and K londike and Snow: The Denver Zoo's Remarkable Story of Raising Two Polar Bear Cubs . |
