National Geographic Kids, Anita Silvey

Unforgotten

The Wild Life of Dian Fossey and Her Relentless Quest to Save Mountain Gorillas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1963, young American Dian Fossey spent all her savings and took out a loan to realize her dream-to go to Africa. It soon became her life's mission to study and protect the few mountain gorillas left on Earth.

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Produktdetails

• National Geographic Kids
• Verlag: National Geographic Kids
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 197mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781426371851
• ISBN-10: 1426371853
• Artikelnr.: 60580751

Autorenporträt

As the author of 100 Best Books for Children, 500 Great Books for Teens, and Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book, ANITA SILVEY has devoted more than 50 years of her career to championing book that turn casual readers into lifelong book lovers. Books in this National Geographic series are Undaunted: The Wild Life of Birute Mary Galdikas and Her Fearless Quest to Save Orangutans and Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall. Recent books include Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger. Silvey has been a guest on NPR, The Today Show, 60 Minutes, and various radio programs to talk about the best books for young people. In a unique career in the children's book field, Silvey has divided her time equally between publishing, evaluating children's books, and writing. Her lifelong conviction that "only the very best of anything can be good enough for the young" forms the cornerstone of her work. Formerly publisher of children's books for Houghton Mifflin Company and editor in chief of The Horn Book magazine, she currently teaches modern book publishing, Modern Book Publishing and the History of Children's Book Publishing at Simmons University.