Bobby the Bold - Hardcover

Donna Jo Napoli is the author of many books for children and young adults includingThe Magic Circle, Zel, and Stones in Water. She has won numerous awards, including the Golden Kite Award and the Sydney Taylor Award for Stones in Water. She lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

PreSchool-Grade 2–Bobby, a bonobo, lives with the chimps in the zoo, but they don't understand or play with him. In fact, they make fun of him because he is smaller and hairier than they are. But the bonobo is no chump; he figures out how to leave and begins an adventure, much like one would expect of Curious George, which involves a bus ride and a new haircut–a Mohawk. When he returns to the zoo, he's greeted with shrieks of admiration. No longer an outsider, he finds himself grooming the chimps and being lovingly groomed himself. Pen-and-ink illustrations dance across the pages as Bobby swings and frolics. This well-written picture-book story about acceptance and being true to oneself should find a home on most library shelves.–Linda M. Kenton, San Rafael Public Library, CA
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