A baby baboon. A leopard cub. A friendship the grown-ups cannot understand.Book 4: The BaboonsCasper is getting used to sleeping in trees when a baby baboon goes missing. Evelyn, who has one arm, has wandered away after being left out of the others' games.When the troop finds her, she is singing a lullaby to a leopard cub. To the babies, it is a friendship. To their families, it is unthinkable.With baboons gathering on one s...

Dive into a magical mystery with the Curious Cousins in The African Unicorn & the Baddy Baboons. Meet Emilia Rose, Isla Mae, and Audrey Jane - three daring cousins who leap into their dream world to chase down the elusive 'African Unicorn'.In this enchanting adventure, the Curious Cousins team up with an unforgettable South African cast: a majestic acacia tree, a lightning-fast butterfly, a dazzling blue-headed lizard, a thundering herd of zebras and ostriches, a gentle gi...

Narrated by David McCormack, the voice of Bandit Heeler (Bluey's dad) in the hit kids' cartoon show BLUEY!An empowering tale that teaches young listeners about standing up to bullies with kindness and courage.Penny Pangolin and the Baboon Bully is a thoughtful and uplifting story about standing up for yourself, showing kindness, and learning that even bullies can change—perfect for fans of The Berenstain Bears and Little Critter.When a new student,...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A baby baboon. A leopard cub. A friendship the grown-ups cannot understand.Book 4: The BaboonsCasper is getting used to sleeping in trees when a baby baboon goes missing. Evelyn, who has one arm, has wandered away after being left out of the others’ games.When the troop finds her, she is singing a lullaby to a leopard cub. To the babies, it is a friendship. To their families, it ...

In the tradition of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Robert Sapolsky, a foremost science writer and recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, tells the mesmerizing story of his twenty-one years in remote Kenya with a troop of savanna baboons."I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla,” writes Robert Sapolsky in this witty and riveting chronicle of a scientist’s coming-of-age in Africa.

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight meets Mean Girls in this funny, insightful fish-out-of-water memoir about a young girl coming of age half in a "baboon camp" in Botswana, half in a ritzy Philadelphia suburb.Keena Roberts split her adolescence between the wilds of an island camp in Botswana and the even more treacherous halls of an elite Philadelphia private school. In Africa, she slept in a tent, cooked over a campfire, and lived each day alongs...

Nonhuman primates have played critical roles in biomedical research, and they are among the few animals whose use in research continues to increase. The scienti?c value of nonhuman primates derives from their close phylogenetic proximity to man and their consequent anatomic, physiologic, and genetic similarities to man. Only nonhuman primates can provide adequate models for many complex physiological and disease processes of humans. The baboon is a relative newcomer to the repertoire of no...

I love you more than a baboon’s bum, a kangaroo’s bum, a slimy slug’s bum!Stuffed full of all sorts of animal bums and celebrating love in all it's wonderful shapes and sizes, this hilarious new picture book is sure to have little ones, and big ones, laughing with pure glee.Featuring cheeky illustrations from the incredible Ben Whitehouse and with stellar rhyming text throughout, welcome to the brilliantly silly world of I LOVE YOU MORE THAN A BABOON'S BUM!...

John the Baboon is a warm and humorous children's story about a clever baboon who likes doing things differently. While the other baboons run up and down a steep mountain cliff, John prefers sliding down on his bum. The others laugh at him, but when a hungry leopard appears, John's unusual way of doing things helps save the entire troop.The adventure continues when the baboons visit a nearby orange farm, where juicy oranges, barking dogs, and a very angry farmer le...

The amazing chronicle of a primate scientist's fifty-year journey studying baboons—and what her findings can tell us about primates, resilience, and human coexistence.In 1972, renowned anthropologist Shirley C. Strum traveled to Kenya to study the origins of human aggression through observing baboons. What Dr. Strum discovered completely defied her expectations, scientific notions about baboons, and even well-established assumptions about primate behavior writ larg...

One silly goose, a few cheeky moose, and a whole heap of fun in this hilarious story perfect for fans of Oi Frog... and queuing!Everyone is right where they should be, aren't they? One raccoon,two raccoon,three baboon,four.Wait a minute. Five hare,six bear,seven hare,more! Disaster! Goose and Moose are back! This time, there are even more animals out of place. Will Goose and Moose ever be able to sort ever...

EZRA POUND (1885–1972) has been called a poetic visionary, and “the inventor of modern English poetry.”Pound's lyric genius, superb technique, and profound insights ensured his reputation as one of the few men who throughout the centuries have kept poetry alive, ever growing and relevant.In the early twentieth century, he was famous for the generosity with which he championed the work of such major contemporaries as Ernest Hemingway, William Carlos Williams...