Introduces children to apes, describing their physical characteristics, behavior, similarities with humans, distribution, and threats to their habitat.
When Anthony, a boy who likes to find words hidden in bigger words, finds an "ape" behind the drape, he chases it into his sister's diaper, a skyscraper, a landscape, and other surprising locations.
A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, is adopted by an ape and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.
Special effects and graphics aid an exploration of all shapes and sizes of apes, from the tiny tarsier to the mighty gorilla. A chimpanzee hosts this journey through the world of the intelligent, nimble-fingered primates.
adapted from the classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs
San Souci, Robert D
1999
A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, is adopted by an ape and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.