Ape Adventures

by Catherine Chambers

Published 16 June 2008
Real-life encounters with orang-utans, chimpanzees, gorillas, gibbons, dealing with issues about disappearing habitats, studying their behaviour, what we can learn about ourselves from them and talking/communicating with apes.

Kids will discover what a typical school day looks like for children all around the world in this fascinating book. They’ll meet students from seven different countries, and see how we’re all unique and diverse–and yet so much alike.

Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging, age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.

With DK Readers, children will learn to read—then read to learn!

DK Readers help a child learn to read and encourage a life-long love of reading

All over the world millions of children go to school. Pack up your pencil case and find out what it's like for children in different countries. Discover how they get to school, what their classrooms are like, what sorts of lessons they have and what they do for fun.

DK Readers are part of a five-level highly pictorial reading scheme, with lively illustrations and engaging stories to encourage reading. Level 3 have a rich vocabulary, challenging sentence structure, additional information, an alphabetical glossary and index to build literacy skills - ideal for children who are just beginning to read alone.

Over 70 titles in the series.


Discusses some of the instances where humans have studied and helped the ape population.