Alamosa Public Library

"Easy-to-follow text and photos introduce readers to gorillas and their infants Plus each title includes bonus augmented reality video to help readers learn more"--

"On the day of his mother’s funeral, a young boy conjures the very visitor he needs to see: a gorilla. Wise and gentle, the gorilla stays on to answer the heart-heavy questions the boy hesitates to ask his father: Where did his mother go? Will she come back home? Will we all die? Yet with the gorilla’s friendship, the boy slowly begins to discover moments of comfort in tending flowers, playing catch, and climbing trees. Most of all, the gorilla...

Emmanuel, an employee of the Rwandan National Park, saves several gorillas from poachers and sets out on a tracking expedition to count gorillas for an upcoming census.

Miza, a young female Mountain Gorilla, becomes missing from her family group and, in a rare demonstration of animal rescue, is found by her father, Kabirizi, after a search of several days.

Learn about gorillas and the amazing ways they protect each other in the wild. Readers will also learn about where gorillas live, what they eat, etc. This title pairs simple text with vibrant photographs.--

Because only someone who does not know Jake would babysit him, his parents call the new neighbor, and Jake has a surprising evening.

An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

Lulu wants her birthday to be special and she does not want to share it with her baby sister, so she decides to spend it at the zoo with a gorilla who is also turning eight.

How many babies do gorillas have at a time? What do baby gorillas eat? How long do they stay with their mothers? What do they like to do? Kids will learn the answers to all these questions and more when they read Baby Gorillas. This book uses photographs and text to help develop and reinforce language and reading skills. A comprehensive quiz will make learning fun and effective. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle...