Suggested Reading List

My Life with the Chimpanzees
In this children's book, Jane Goodall shares the story of her life, beginning with her childhood in wartime England and continuing through her remarkable years studying chimpanzees at Gombe. She also discusses the threats facing chimpanzees and our obligation to help.
New York: Simon and Schuster.
1988 (1996)

The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours
This book includes fascinating stories and photographs featuring chimpanzees at Gombe and elsewhere.
New York: Scholastic Press
2001

The Chimpanzee Family Book
A delightful book in which Dr. Jane gives us a close-up look at some of Gombe's famous chimpanzees. Many beautiful photographs by nature photographer Michael Neugebauer.
New York / London: North-South Books.
1989

With Love
Ten stories about Gombe chimpanzees that illustrate chimpanzees’ capacity for compassion and altruism.
New York / London: North-South Books.
1994

For older readers:

In the Shadow of Man
Jane Goodall’s best-selling classic. An overview of her world-renowned field study of chimpanzees in Tanzania. Covers the years through 1970 including the major discovery of tool use.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
1971

Through a Window
The dramatic saga of 30 years of Dr. Goodall’s studies at Gombe. Discusses later observations by researchers, including the Gombe “four-year war” and courting behavior/consortships. A follow-up to In the Shadow of Man.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
1990

Africa in my Blood: An Autobiography in Letters (Vol. I)
(Edited by Dale Peterson)
This book is an extraordinary self-portrait in letters of Jane Goodall's early years, from childhood to the publication of In the Shadow of Man, revealing this remarkable woman more vividly than anything published before, by or about her.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company
2000

Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters (Vol. II)
The Later Years
(Edited by Dale Peterson)
This second volume of Jane Goodall’s autobiography in letters covers the years of her greatest triumphs and her deepest tragedies.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company
2001

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