從倫敦窗邊靜靜觀察知更鳥的小女孩，到走進坦尚尼亞岡貝森林、改變人類理解黑猩猩方式的科學家——《The Watcher》描繪了珍．古德一生的凝視與堅持。珍以耐心與尊重貼近黑猩猩的生活，也用行動守護牠們逐漸消失的家園。Jeanette Winter以溫柔而有力的文字與畫面，帶孩子看見「觀察」如何成為改變世界的起點，是一本獻給動物、自然與夢想的動人傳記。
Acclaimed picture book biographer Jeanette Winter has found her perfect subject: Jane Goodall, the great observer of chimpanzees. Follow Jane from her childhood in London watching a robin on her windowsill, to her years in the African forests of Gombe, Tanzania, invited by brilliant scientist Louis Leakey to observe chimps, to her worldwide crusade to save these primates who are now in danger of extinction, and their habitat. Young animal lovers and Winter's many fans will welcome this fascinating and moving portrait of an extraordinary person and the animals to whom she has dedicated her life.
The Watcher was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and the Bank Street College of Education.
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