Why Are Orangutans Orange?

Author: Mick O'Hare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639361391
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description
Fun science and nature trivia with full-color photos in a “deeply fascinating and occasionally rib-tickling book” (Booklist). From the editor at New Scientist who brought us such works as How to Fossilize Your Hamster, this is an illustrated compendium of facts that reveal the beauty, complexity, and mystery of the world around us. Drawing on the magazine’s popular “Last Word” column, Why Are Orangutans Orange? covers everything from bubbles to bugs, as well as why tigers have stripes and blue-footed boobies have, well, blue feet. With over two million copies sold, this series of question-and-answer compendiums is a delight for anyone who loves to learn!

Why Are Orangutans Orange?

Author: Mick O'Hare
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453271538
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Orangutanka

Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805098399
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
While the other orangutans settle down for a nap, one orangutan longs to dance the day away. Join her as she seeks the perfect dance partner in a story told through tanka poems, a form of ancient Japanese poetry. 40pp., Color Ill.

Orange Animals

Author: Christina Leaf
Publisher: Blastoff! Readers
ISBN: 1684527015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
Orange you glad monarchs have such bright wings? They warn predators of the butterflies terrible taste. Orangutans are orange to blend in with tree trunks. Male rufous hummingbirds show off with their vivid feathers. Early readers will learn about all kinds of orange animals in this descriptive book!

Among the Orangutans

Author: Evelyn Gallardo
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811804080
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54

Book Description
Describes the life and research of Birute Galdikas, prominent expert on the behavior of orangutans in the wild.

Orangutans

Author: Anne E. Russon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781552979983
Category : Bornean orangutan
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Praise for the previous edition: "A fascinating firsthand account of the behavior and intelligence of orangutans, Russon's book is also an account of the successes, failures, and politics of orangutan rehabilitation in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra... The book is lavishly illustrated with full color photographs." - Choice The only great apes found in Asia, these arboreal wizards are by nature elusive and solitary, and inhabit nearly inaccessible tropical rainforests. The tragedy is that orangutans are almost extinct, surviving in the wild only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra where human influx is rapidly appropriating their habitat. Based on fifteen years of research, this extraordinary and definitive book focuses on orangutan intelligence and behavior. This book includes: A scientific history of orangutans Detailed descriptions of orangutans and their natural habitat Astonishing behavior patterns Rehabilitation operations at Camp Leakey and Wanariset The complex politics of orangutan rescue work Results of orangutans released back into the forest Updated resources What the future holds for these primates. With one hundred color photographs taken by the author during her visits to the rainforests, Orangutans is an absorbing and instructive look at the unusual world of orangutans.

Thinkers of the Jungle

Author: Gerd Schuster
Publisher: H.F.Ullmann Publishing Gmbh
ISBN: 9783833146237
Category : Bornean orangutan
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Offers insight into the lives of orangutans in the jungles of Borneo and Sumatra, including their mental development, the mother-child relationship, and efforts to continue protecting them from death for profit.

Rescued

Author: Eliot Schrefer
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545655048
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
From two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer comes an unbelievable story of survival. Raja has been raised in captivity. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the confines of an American home. He was stolen when he was young to be someone's pet. Now he's grown up . . . and is about to be sent away again, to a place from which there will be no return. John grew up with Raja. The orangutan was his friend, his brother -- never his pet. But when John's parents split up and he moved across the country, he left Raja behind. Now Raja is suffering.There's one last chance to save Raja -- a chance that will force John to confront his fractured family and the captivity he's imposed on himself all of these years.Eliot Schrefer's last two novels, Endangered and Threatened, were both finalists for the National Book Award. With Rescued, he brings his remarkable storytelling to the American landscape, giving us a boy who must redefine his own humanity and an orangutan who will need his help in order to return home.

There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom

Author: James Sellick
Publisher: Crocodile Books
ISBN: 9781623718732
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A STUNNING PICTURE BOOK ABOUT ONE LITTLE GIRL AND HER ORANGUTAN FRIEND, BASED ON THE GREENPEACE FILM THAT BECAME A VIRAL SENSATION When a little girl discovers a mischievous orangutan on the loose in her bedroom, she can't understand why it keeps shouting OOO! at her shampoo and her chocolate. But when Rang-tan explains that there are humans running wild in her rainforest, burning down trees so they can grow palm oil to put in products, the little girl knows what she has to do: help save the orangutans! Published in collaboration with Greenpeace, featuring a foreword from Emma Thompson and brought to life by award-winning illustrator Frann Preston-Gannon, this is a very special picture book with a vital message to share. This timely picture book focusing on the environmental crisis we all face includes information about orangutans and palm oil plus exciting ideas about how young readers can make a difference.

Pongo

Author: Jesse Hodgson
Publisher: Nobrow Press
ISBN: 9781909263093
Category : Bornean orangutan
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Pongo has an adventure in the jungle while trying to find the sun.