Margaret Hall - Gorillas and Their Infants: A 4D Book

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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Hall, Margaret, 1947- author. Title: Gorillas and their infants :
a 4D book / by Margaret Hall. Description: Revised edition.

| North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a Capstone
imprint, [ 2018] | Series: Pebble plus. Animal offspring |
Audience: Ages 4- Identifiers: LCCN 2017037872 ( print) |
LCCN 2017054106 ( ebook) | ISBN 9781543508642 ( eBook PDF)
| ISBN 9781543508246 ( hardcover) | ISBN 9781543508369
( pbk.) | ISBN 9781543596731 (eBook) Subjects: LCSH: Gorilla-- Infancy--Juvenile literature. | Parental behavior in animals-- Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC QL737.P96 (ebook) | LCC QL737.P96 H355 2018 (print) | DDC 599.884/139--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017037872

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Note to Parents and Teachers
The Animal Offspring set supports national science standards
related to life sciences. This book describes and illustrates
gorillas and their infants. The images support early readers in
understanding the text. The repetition of words and phrases
helps early readers learn new words. This book also introduces
early readers to subject- specific vocabulary words, which
are defined in the Glossary section. Early readers may need
assistance to read some words and to use the Table of Contents,
Glossary, Read More, Internet Sites, Critical Thinking Questions,
and Index sections of the book.

Table of Contents

Gorillas
Gorillas are strong .

Young gorillas are called
. Gorillas and
their infants live in .

Gorillas live in family groups
called . A male gorilla
is a . A silverback
with a female gorilla.

The Infant
A female gorilla usually
gives birth to one infant.

Infants drink milk
from their mothers.

Infants sometimes ride on
the backs of their mothers.

Growing Up
Infants grow and become
young gorillas. Young gorillas
play and climb.

Young gorillas learn
to find food.
Gorillas eat plants
and bark.

Young gorillas leave
the troop after about
eight years. Then they
live with a new troop.

Watch Gorillas Grow
birth

adult after
about ten years

Glossary one of the seven continents of the world
a very young animal; a gorilla infant depends on
its mother for to years
a warm blooded animal that has a
backbone; mammals have hair or fur and feed
milk to their young; gorillas have thick hair
to join together to produce young
an adult male gorilla; silverbacks
have gray or silver hair on their backs
a group of animals that lives or moves together;
a troop works together to teach young gorillas how to live
and find food

Read More
Jones, Elton. Gorillas Work Together. New York:
PowerKids Press, 2018.

Macheske, Felicia. Brainy and Brawny: Gorilla. Guess What?
Ann Arbor, Mich.: Cherry Lake Publishing, 2017.

Ward, Finn. Gorillas at the Zoo. New York:
Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2016.

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