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Book Summary
Jubilee, the stuffed toy chimpanzee that Jane got when she was little, accompanied Jane to observe and study the outdoors. Jane grew to love nature. Jane's curiosity about the nature encouraged her to read and learn all about it. She watched, felt, touched, studied, smelled, listened and every other thing she could do in nature and she felt the most alive when she was outside. One of her favorite book is Tarzan of the Apes, especially when there is a girl named Jane who lives in Africa to be with the animals. She wanted to be just like Jane. And one day... Jane's dream came true!
Jubilee, the stuffed toy chimpanzee that Jane got when she was little, accompanied Jane to observe and study the outdoors. Jane grew to love nature. Jane's curiosity about the nature encouraged her to read and learn all about it. She watched, felt, touched, studied, smelled, listened and every other thing she could do in nature and she felt the most alive when she was outside. One of her favorite book is Tarzan of the Apes, especially when there is a girl named Jane who lives in Africa to be with the animals. She wanted to be just like Jane. And one day... Jane's dream came true!
Reference
McDonnell, Patrick. (2011). Me... Jane, New York: Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book
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McDonnell, Patrick. (2011). Me... Jane, New York: Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book
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Librarian's Corner
Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnell is a simple biography with a powerful message to inspire little minds with a dream. I was amazed at how a biography written in so few words can turn into a beautiful book. Biographies usually is the least liked section of the library by the primary students, but simple text and layered illustrations with Jane Goodall's childhood drawings and sketches really holds the attention of little kids, even the 4-year-olds!
Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnell is a simple biography with a powerful message to inspire little minds with a dream. I was amazed at how a biography written in so few words can turn into a beautiful book. Biographies usually is the least liked section of the library by the primary students, but simple text and layered illustrations with Jane Goodall's childhood drawings and sketches really holds the attention of little kids, even the 4-year-olds!
Reviews
From Booklist
Starred Review* Little Jane loves her stuffed animal, a chimpanzee named Jubilee, and carries him everywhere she goes. Mainly, they go outdoors, where they watch birds building their nests and squirrels chasing each other. Jane reads about animals in books and keeps a notebook of sketches, information, and puzzles. Feeling her kinship with all of nature, she often climbs her favorite tree and reads about another Jane, Tarzan's Jane. She dreams that one day she, too, will live in the African jungle and help the animals. And one day, she does. With the story's last page turn, the illustrations change from ink-and-watercolor scenes of Jane as a child, toting Jubilee, to a color photo of Jane Goodall as a young woman in Africa, extending her hand to a chimpanzee. Quietly told and expressively illustrated, the story of the child as a budding naturalist is charming on its own, but the photo on the last page opens it up through a well-chosen image that illuminates the connections between childhood dreams and adult reality. On two appended pages, "About Jane Goodall" describes her work, while "A Message from Jane" invites others to get involved. This remarkable picture book is one of the few that speaks, in a meaningful way, to all ages. Preschool-Grade 3
Phelan, Carolyn. (March 2011). [Review of the book Me... Jane, by Patrick McDonnell]. Booklist, 107(14).
From Kirkus
Little Jane Goodall and Jubilee (her toy chimpanzee) ramble outside their English country home observing everyday animal miracles and dreaming of a life in Africa, "living with, / and helping, / all animals." Readers familiar with the groundbreaking primatologist will love seeing her as a conventional, buttoned-up child, wearing a plaid skirt, classic bob and hair clip as she squats in a coop to watch a chicken drop an egg. McDonnell's simple ink-and-watercolor illustrations appear as sunny, amorphous panels in ample white space. Purposeful black lines provide specificity with small suggestive strokes—a tiny apostrophic smile relays Jane's complete contentment sprawled in grass. Opposite pages offer groupings of faint, intricate stamps that correspond with young Jane's early outdoor experiences and engage readers with their fine details. The playful interplay among stamps, cartoonish drawings and real photographs of Jane reminds readers of a child's hodgepodge journal—one like Jane's, which appears as a double-page spread showing her animal studies, charts, games and doodles. Children will appreciate McDonnell's original format and take heart that interests logged in their own diaries might turn into lifelong passions. Backmatter includes a pithy biography, additional photographs and a letter and drawing from Jane herself—children will thrill at the connection. 2011, Little, Brown, 40 pp., $15.99. Category: Picture book/biography. Ages 2 to 10. Starred Review. © 2011 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kirkus. (March 2011). [Review of the book Me... Jane, by Patrick McDonnell]. Kirkus Review, 79(5).
From Booklist
Starred Review* Little Jane loves her stuffed animal, a chimpanzee named Jubilee, and carries him everywhere she goes. Mainly, they go outdoors, where they watch birds building their nests and squirrels chasing each other. Jane reads about animals in books and keeps a notebook of sketches, information, and puzzles. Feeling her kinship with all of nature, she often climbs her favorite tree and reads about another Jane, Tarzan's Jane. She dreams that one day she, too, will live in the African jungle and help the animals. And one day, she does. With the story's last page turn, the illustrations change from ink-and-watercolor scenes of Jane as a child, toting Jubilee, to a color photo of Jane Goodall as a young woman in Africa, extending her hand to a chimpanzee. Quietly told and expressively illustrated, the story of the child as a budding naturalist is charming on its own, but the photo on the last page opens it up through a well-chosen image that illuminates the connections between childhood dreams and adult reality. On two appended pages, "About Jane Goodall" describes her work, while "A Message from Jane" invites others to get involved. This remarkable picture book is one of the few that speaks, in a meaningful way, to all ages. Preschool-Grade 3
Phelan, Carolyn. (March 2011). [Review of the book Me... Jane, by Patrick McDonnell]. Booklist, 107(14).
From Kirkus
Little Jane Goodall and Jubilee (her toy chimpanzee) ramble outside their English country home observing everyday animal miracles and dreaming of a life in Africa, "living with, / and helping, / all animals." Readers familiar with the groundbreaking primatologist will love seeing her as a conventional, buttoned-up child, wearing a plaid skirt, classic bob and hair clip as she squats in a coop to watch a chicken drop an egg. McDonnell's simple ink-and-watercolor illustrations appear as sunny, amorphous panels in ample white space. Purposeful black lines provide specificity with small suggestive strokes—a tiny apostrophic smile relays Jane's complete contentment sprawled in grass. Opposite pages offer groupings of faint, intricate stamps that correspond with young Jane's early outdoor experiences and engage readers with their fine details. The playful interplay among stamps, cartoonish drawings and real photographs of Jane reminds readers of a child's hodgepodge journal—one like Jane's, which appears as a double-page spread showing her animal studies, charts, games and doodles. Children will appreciate McDonnell's original format and take heart that interests logged in their own diaries might turn into lifelong passions. Backmatter includes a pithy biography, additional photographs and a letter and drawing from Jane herself—children will thrill at the connection. 2011, Little, Brown, 40 pp., $15.99. Category: Picture book/biography. Ages 2 to 10. Starred Review. © 2011 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kirkus. (March 2011). [Review of the book Me... Jane, by Patrick McDonnell]. Kirkus Review, 79(5).
Value to the Library
Elementary School Library
Me... Jane would make a great choice for storytime for pre-k, kindergarten, and 1st graders. After storytime, the students can share their love and passion about certain things. The librarian can even help the 1st graders research on their interest to help them discover more about their likes and what they are good at.
Elementary School Library
Me... Jane would make a great choice for storytime for pre-k, kindergarten, and 1st graders. After storytime, the students can share their love and passion about certain things. The librarian can even help the 1st graders research on their interest to help them discover more about their likes and what they are good at.
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