chimpanzees

Not very good at sports or fighting, mild-mannered Willy nevertheless proves he's the champ when the local bully shows up.

Bobby the bonobo is not accepted by the chimps at the zoo where they all live, but after he has an afternoon adventure in the city and gets a mohawk hair cut, the chimps change their minds about him.

Mistaking him for a child, a near-sighted truant officer takes a chimpanzee to school.

Presents an introduction to chimpanzees, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on their physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and behavior.

Presents facts about the physical characteristics and social behavior of the two types of chimpanzees, our closest animal relatives.

Describes how gorillas and chimpanzees live, the differences between the two primates, and how they are threatened by poachers and the clearance of tropical forests which are their homes.

Describes the development of a young zoo chimpanzee who is adopted by two human families after being rejected by his chimp family, and his subsequent interaction with other animals in the zoo.

Text and pictures describe the many ways chimpanzees are being taught to communicate with men.

Relates the story of Nim, a chimpanzee who is being taught to use sign language to "talk" as part of a program to study language acquisition by animals.