Growing Up Gorilla: How a Zoo Baby Brought Her Family Together

This true account takes place at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo after a mother gorilla gives birth for the first time and then leaves her newborn. Zoo staff work to help the mother bond with her baby. It also introduces Nadiri, a western lowland gorilla who was born at the zoo and hand-raised by zookeepers after her own mother rejected her. Photographs and extensive back matter accompany the story.