In this book you'll meet three naughty animals, including Fu Manchu, the orangutan escape artist. Fu Manchu lived at the Omaha Zoo and would routinely break out of his habitat to explore the zoo on a nice day. Zookeepers were baffled as to how the ape was escaping, until one day they caught him in the act. Fu Manchu knew how to pick locks. Not only that, he had created his own tool that he used to pick the locks with, which he would store in his mouth so as not to be found out. This and two other charming stories will engage readers and leave them wondering if humans are really the smartest animals.
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“This is a ‘must read’ for young animal lovers, but readers of any age will chuckle at the antics of these three rascals.”
— Hope Marston, author of Sackets Harbor Powder Monkey
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Aline Alexander Newman has been writing for National Geographic Kids magazine since 1998. More than fifty of her stories have appeared on the cover. Her first National Geographic Children’s book, Ape Escapes, came out in 2012. Since then, she has written two more Nat Geo chapter books: Animal Superstars and Lucky Leopards. Her young adult book, called How to Speak Dog, and coauthored with veterinarian Gary Weitzman, is popular with both kids and adults. Her work also appears in Guideposts, an inspirational magazine for adults.
Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.