Me...Jane - Patrick McDonnell

illustrated by the author
Little Brown, 2011
HC $15.99
40 thick pages
Rating:  4
Endpapers: brown with shapes and graffiti
Title page has photo of young Jane Goodall holding her stuffed monkey

This is the story of how very much Jan Goodall enjoyed nature, the outdoors, growing things, from the time she was a very young child.  It tells of her curiosity and her love of the idea of Africa, and jungles, and Tarzan, and living there to help the animals.  It shows how her dreams came true.

The story is very simple and quite lovely.  Three of the pages are actually her own drawings!  There is a page at the end that gives more particulars about Jane Goodall, and a full-page message from her.  She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, a UN Messenger of Peace, and creator of Roots and Shoots (www.rootsandshoots.org) a program to educate kids about how to take action. 

Cool book.