Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce children to various types of monkeys, describing their habitat, behavior, physical characteristics, mating and communication habits, and other related topics.
In 1943, twelve-year-old Celie's father brings home a rhesus monkey that helps Celie deal with all the difficulties that the war has brought into her life in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Lovelock, a mentally enhanced monkey, becomes unhappy with his role of adoring witness to planetologist Carol Jeanne, and stages his own private rebellion on an outer space colony called the Ark.