Allreaders.com
Author Jane Goodall booklist (click here)

Book Review By Maura O'Brien
My Life with Chimpanzees by Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall was born in London and was always interested in animals. When she was about twenty-three, she had a friend who invited her to Africa. Jane was supposed to stay for a month. Of course Jane jumped all over this idea and went off to Africa to begin a big adventure.

Jane Goodall loved Africa so much that she decided to move there. Jane's mother missed Jane so she went out to Africa to see Jane for a month. Mother and daughter worked very well together. Lots of writing had to be done and they worked late into the night writing about all the things the chimpanzees had done that day.


Plot & Themes
Animal story? Yes
Kind of animal: - monkey
job/profession:
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - British

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
Africa Yes
Jungles? Yes
Forest? Yes
Century: - 1930's-1950's

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - challenged
If this is a kid's book: - Age 8-10
Pictures/Illustrations? - A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
Back To Main Menu