Amazon.com description: Product Description: This dynamic series introduces the basic concepts of science to young readers. Each title focuses on a common curricular theme to help build a solid learning foundation and encourage a lifelong curiosity about science and nature. Through a combination of clearly written text, colorful photographs, informative charts and illustrations, intriguing puzzlers, and investigative activities, young readers are invited to actively explore the wonders of their complex and fascinating world.

This glimpse at the world of humanity's closest relatives investigates lemurs, monkeys, apes, and other primates in their natural habitats. Topics discussed include the differences between primates and other mammals, life cycles, habitats, and environmental factors that threaten the existence of many primates.