Shadows in the Dawn: The Lemurs of Madagascar

By Kathryn Lasky

Book Overview

Stunning photographs and evocative text take readers to far-off Madagascar. There, primatologist Alison Jolly dwells and works among lemurs. These fascinating primates live only on the island of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152002588
• ISBN13: 9780152002589
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 6 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 7

Customer Reviews

A good book to introduce children to the joys of research.

I think the best part of the book is that it shows children the fun and excitement of doing primate research in the wild. It shows why Alison Jolly has returned to the same piece of forest for the last 30 years. It balances that by displaying some of the sorrow when you cannot help a dying animal. And of course, it describes Lemur catta social organization at a level which should be entertaining to children, and mentions briefly some of the other lemurs found in Berenty reserve. The book is nicely illustrated with photographs on every page.