Rickie and Henri

By Jane Goodall

Book Overview

Rickie the chimpanzee lived happily with her mother in the rain forests of Central Africa, warm and safe--until the day the hunters came and took Rickie away to sell at a Congolese market.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069840002X
• ISBN13: 9780698400023
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Minedition
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Our Four Year Old LOVES This Book!

Very compassionately written, this true story takes the reader (or audience) into a story about a baby chimp named Rickie, who is tragically separated from her mother by a hunter. Rickie is taken to a village to be sold, but a compassionate man (aptly referred to as 'Guardian') takes Rickie home with him and cares for her. When he goes on a business trip, Rickie bonds with Henri the scruffy dog. I don't want to spoil the ending, so I won't. Our four year old son loves this book, and he doesn't impress easily! He's never had a problem with sitting through it and I never once got the impression that it was over head or too much for him. The books holds much truth, in a manner very appropriate for younger ones. For myself, I loved the fact that Ms. Goodall refers to Henri and Rickie's "owner" as their Guardian, as it should be.