I LOVE how this book shows how scientists learn about woolly monkeys. It's a great book that teaches about woolly monkeys, of course, but showing how scientists do their job is unusual and invaluable. Plus, monkey poo is sure to be popular with young children...so they can giggle as they learn. I highly recommend this book!

Fantastic book! I loved the photos as well. I love reading about and watching
documentaries about monkey life. This is a really good one! It's for children
as well as adults!

An exciting journey into the jungles of Peru to study the woolly monkeys. So little is known about them. They live on the canopy trees in cloud forests and disperse seeds of various species all around the forest. Invaluable to introduce several related themes to readers.

#geography #ecology #conservation #fieldwork #primates

The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: The Quest to Save a Rain Forest Species by Sandra Markle is a nonfiction book for children and adults. In the cloud forests of the Amazon Basin, scientists are installing extraordinary numbers of camera traps in the hopes of learning more about an elusive species—woolly monkeys. No one knows for sure how many woolly monkeys are left in the wild. But they play a key role in their ecosystem, and without them the rain forest is in trouble. Readers can join scientists on their quest to solve the mysteries surrounding the lives of woolly monkeys before it's too late.

The Woolly Monkey Mysteries is a well researched and written look at the research and conservation efforts that are currently in the works surrounding the Woolly Monkey. I never really new about this particular type on monkey, so was very interested to learn about it. I love that Markle not only shares the discoveries that have been made about this particular primate, but also its place in the ecosystem of Peru and the work that goes into gathering information and making sense of the data. It is so hard to just get a single camera up in the trees to study the monkeys and other wildlife, and the determination and work that these scientists display is inspiring. It might just inspire some of the readers to persevere in something they are struggling with, or see how much efforts others are putting into things they might have never considered hard work. I like that the book offers digital content for interested readers, like QR codes that allow readers to hear the sounds of the jungle and woolly monkey, and see them in their natural habitat. I also found the activity, glossary, and further reading suggestions at the end of the book to be wonderful. These small things can help inspire young readers to take action and research further.

The Woolly Monkey Mysteries is yet another wonderful nonfiction book my Markle. Her combination of scientific research and information combined with action and hope for the future leaves this reader invested and inspired with the future of the woolly monkey and the world as a whole. I love this author's work, and look forward to see what animal she will write about next.

This book starts out on solid footing. Is there anything more appealing to a young audience than cute animals? But this is more than just an introduction to an animal. In fact, the life of the Woolly Monkey is only a secondary focus of this book. The primary focus is on ecology in general and how scientists have learned about the role of the Woolly Monkey in the rain forest. Markle takes us through the methods biologists use to study these animals and how keystone species affect an ecosystem. Pretty brilliant for a fairly short book.

An inspiring and simple tale that is a must for kindergarten classrooms interested in garnering interest in reading through simple stories.

The title caught my eye first. I was browsing the nonfiction section of Netgalley, so what was a title like that doing in this section? Then when I saw the fuzzballs masquerading as monkeys, I knew I wanted to give it a look.

The Woolly Monkey Mysteries isn’t so much about the mysteries themselves as it is the way scientists are trying to find out more about the monkeys. It talks about how hard it is to track this particular species and the camera traps that they’ve resorted to in efforts to learn more.

Kids will be introduced to the idea of a “Keystone species” with emphasis on how important this is. They will also get treated to something that should make them giggle in delight – lots of talk about monkey poop. Even a picture of it!

This is a very clearly-written book with a specific age range in mind. The wording is simple; the information relayed is clear and repetitive when necessary. The book also comes with a couple (wish there were more) QR codes that you can scan and see videos of the monkeys playing and learn a bit more about one of the researchers mentioned in the book. The pictures are about what you’d expect, but the illustrations of the layers of the rainforest were nice.

Overall, a good educational read that reinforces to kids how important preservation is.

This was a lovely book on Woolly Monkeys, the photos are brilliant, the writing is wonderful and the book is informative. Once finished me and my daughter decided to look at some more books on this topic, not because we didn't get all the information in this book but because my child became obsessed. Thank you netgalley for allowing me to read this in exchange for my honest review. Awesome book.

Subtitled “The Quest to Save A Rain Forest Species.”
Through photos, diagrams, and descriptions, the efforts of scientists to protect the animals of the title in the Peruvian part of the Amazon cloud forest are documented.
Never expected to find a lecture on camera traps and nature photography! That alone made this read worth it. In fact, I found it interesting enough that I checked out the links in back to see such photos.
I’m not that familiar with reading ages, but I suspect this skews a little older than most children’s books, probably around junior high. The call to action at the end supports this theory. On the other hand, the glossary entry for DNA doesn’t make things any easier.

I love anything with a monkey on it. It's especially nice when a book seeks to make the reader socially aware. Beautiful cover picture.

‘Woolly monkeys’ is a book that will be appreciated by future biologists and explorers of vulnerable species, people who work hard to preserve bio diversity and simply by anybody who cares deeply about the rainforest.
The book is very informative as well as beautifully illustrated. We learn not only about why woolly monkeys are called the rainforest gardeners, but also about the rainforest itself and the equipment and technology that helps scientists observe these mysterious animals. There is quite a lot of text, so the book is geared toward older children- 10-11 year olds. At the end of the book, there is also an animal behaviour observation task to let future scientists have a go at exploring animal life closer to home.
Thank you to NetGalley and Millbrook Press/Lerner Publishing Group for the ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

Monkeys! This book offers plenty of monkey photos but, even more so, offers some excellent information on woolley monkeys and the scientists who study them. According to the publisher's web site, this book is aimed toward a Grade 4 reading level, which seems appropriate. At the same time, the book doesn't "talk down" to the reading audience at all and even adults can read it without feeling like it's a "kid's book." The book also includes QR codes throughout which can be scanned for audio and video of the monkeys in action.

I actually really enjoyed this book (I love monkeys!) and could easily see it being incorporated into a classroom curriculum for any of several subjects including scientific careers, the Amazon rainforest, or animal species.

A colourful and informative guide to monkeys in the rain forest. Not only does the book give a young reader geographical understanding of the rain forest, it breaks down what scientists are doing to help save those species who are currently vulnerable.
Information is chunked to aid learning and some parts offer interactive QR codes for readers to learn more.