Her focus on Jane’s perseverance and patience helps the reader to realize just how amazing her career has been. Winter own playful illustrations bring brightness to the story, including the sadder parts like when Jane falls ill or the chimpanzees are in danger from hunters. After the story, Winter provides a bit more detail about Goodall’s life including the roots of her own fascination with Jane. The excerpts from her journals punctuate the story and give the reader insight into what it would be like to study these wild animals. She traces her talent for observation and her interest in Africa from Goodall’s childhood through her career as a scientist. Winter cleverly starts the story when little Jane Goodall is just five years old, the same age as many readers of her book. I recently saw the wonderful documentary, Jane, and came home to re-read Jeanette Winter’s picture book, The Watcher, to my girls.
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