Ordinary People Change the World: The Inspiring Story of Jane Goodall

nancy d: Excellent series of books, Jane Goodall has many interesting facts in this biography that will keep your young reader engaged and entertained. My 8 year old granddaughter learned so much about Jane Goodall and her work by reading this.

United States on Apr 05, 2023

Shellbell: My 9 yo. and I love this series and learning about real people.

United States on Feb 22, 2023

Debra Bolton: This series is wonderful in both writing and illustration. My only quibble is that Amazon gives this book a rating for children 3-7. There are a LOT of words for the attention span of a typical 3 year old. I would say this is more appropriate for a 5 year old. Nothing wrong with the book itself but more suited to an early-elementary child (or an unusually focused/advance younger child).

United States on Jan 05, 2023

Harriet Beecher: I bought this for our grandsons (ages 3 1/2 & 6) in honor of "earth day" & Jane Goodall. I also made a point of reading it myself before dropping it off for them -- since I can't read it to them directly due to social distancing.

The illustrations are visually appealing and the author incorporates information directly from JG's autobiographical writings. Having recently re-watched the National Geographic special on JG as well as a newer documentary that focuses on 3 pioneering female primatologists (including JG), I found this book to be genuine & authentic while still being accessible to very young children.

I think it's extremely important to expose young boys (as well as girls) to profiles of females like JG who have managed to carve out unusual and independent career paths and who have had such a strong impact on environmental issues. Also, the next generation can only benefit by learning about humans who value their relationships with animals and nature as much (if not more than) their relationships with fellow humans. I hope to hear that the boys really enjoyed this book!

United States on May 04, 2020

Kelly Sauson: My son loves reading his new book!

Canada on May 05, 2019

cynthia: Such a great book! I have the entire collection and would recommend it to all parents.

Canada on Feb 13, 2019

Ashley: This book is perfect. I went to see Dr. Goodall speak in person, and this book tells her story exactly as she did. The book is also very cute (the illustrations, etc.) , and informative as well. I am a teacher, and cannot wait to use this with my students!

Canada on Oct 16, 2018

AmazonCustomer5741: Beautiful story, maybe a bit too mature for my 4.5 year old. She loved it, but it also caused us to discuss important but difficult topics: why were girls not being allowed to study / only allowed to be nurses? (why Jane did not want to be a nurse?) why would someone think chimpanzees do not have feelings? (all questions asked by my daughter). So this book does its job brilliantly, however I would not recommend below 4.5 years old, even better for a bit older children.

United Kingdom on Feb 18, 2018

POM: I LOVE Jane Goodall myself - I love her as female role model, but just a human being who just pursued her passion and moved the big needle. So when I saw this book suggested on Amazon, I bought it for my 4yo daughter. I wasn't expecting her to be moved by her story, but I thought that she might like it because she likes animal. It's not a short book, for the first time when I read the whole book, she said "that was a long book!". But then she asked me a while later that she wanted me to read the book, and I think so far I've read to her 3 times total or so.

But to my surprise - when my mom came to our place and playing with my daughter, she was showing all her toys and books and she picked up this book and she said "Her name is Jane Goodall and she likes monkeys" - and I was like, "What did I just hear?!?!". I now realized the power of these books and the way we (as parents) bring these incredible human beings' stories into their lives. I will buy other books again.

United States on Apr 13, 2017

Amazon Customer: Ordered 2. Would have 5 stars except the 2nd book's pages were stuck together

Canada on Oct 31, 2016