Baboon

by Kate Banks

Book Overview

On his first trip into the world, a baby baboon meets a very slow turtle and concludes that the world is slow. But then, as his mother takes him farther afield, he sees much more: he watches a hungry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374304742
• ISBN13: 9780374304744
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Baboon evokes a sense of quiet at bedtime

I love a bedtime book that I can read in a whisper, and this book is a melody of soothing tones. The language is amazing; it's lovely to read, non-repetitive, and truly evocative of the quest for any mother (baboon, human, whomever) to describe the world to the hungry eyes of a young child. I'd pick this every night for bedtime reading if I could.

Baboon Butts and More!

In one word, wow! I purchased this book in the hopes of finding a good children's book, but boy was I surprised when I found a collection of lovely paintings, drawings, and pressed art made from the hind quarters of various baboon species. What a find!-Pie

A book about baboons?

Baboons? Who want this kind of book? Weren't they ugliest monkeys?No, this books shows you a very different world. Even if you're an adult, you'll find this book a nice bed time reading.