Who is Jane Goodall, by Roberta Edwards was such a great book, I would give it five star. This book tells a great true story about how a brave young woman named Jane Goodall born in 1934 in London, England who followed her dreams to study chimpanzees. Her love and compassion for the chimpanzees was very strong and shows in this book. It was very well written and fun to read, I could not put it down. It 's a good history as well. I think anyone would enjoy reading this book about Jane Goodall and the livelong work she has done. Jane Goodall was born in London, England. She always loved animals and wanted to do a study on them. So at age twenty-six, off she wen to Africa. Jane Goodall 's observations and hands on experiments working with chimpanzees was remarkable. One thing that really shocked me was that Jane risked her life working with the creatures she loved so much. She was beaten and thrown over a cliff by a chimpanzee, but yet she continued her adventure with them. …show more content…
The DNA of humans and chimpanzees are almost exactly the same. They can have feelings like anger, love, happiness and fear. Chimpanzees also have hands with thumbs! Chimpanzees have their own way of communication even though they cannot speak, Jane was able to communicate by learning what their different noises meant. One example is chimps greeted each other by hugging and kissing one another. They would bow to show respect. Jane threw herself into studying everything she could about the chimpanzees and even had her own television show called Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees. Jane continues her research still today. It is amazing that she went to Africa for so long just because of her love and interest about