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Note: Many books on orangutans that you may have heard of are either out of print or unavailable at this time from Amazon.com.
Children's Books
Orangutan (First Wonders of Nature Board Books) - by Lynne Cherry (Illustrator), Lucia Monfried.
Amazon Price: $4.99.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Baby-Preschool.
Hardcover - 14 pages Board edition (March 1998).
How to Babysit an Orangutan - by Tara Darling (Photographer), Kathy Darling (Contributor).
Amazon Price: $15.95.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages 4-8.
Hardcover (November 1996).
Keep Your Hands Off My Orangutan! (Tarcher, Mallory. Zoey & Me.) - by Mallory Tarcher.
Amazon Price: $2.36.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages 9-12.
Paperback - 96 pages (October 1997).
There's an Orangutan in my Bathtub (Tarcher, Mallory. Zoey & Me.) - by Mallory Tarcher.
Amazon Price: $2.36.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages 9-12.
Paperback - 96 pages (May 1997).
Who Gave My Orangutan a Paintbrush? (Tarcher, Mallory. Zoey & Me.) - by Mallory Tarcher.
Amazon Price: $3.50.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages 9-12.
Paperback - 96 pages (June 1997).
The Orangutan (Remarkable Animals Series) - by Ruth Ashby.
Amazon Price: $5.95 + $1.85 special surcharge.
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
Reading level: Ages 9-12.
Paperback (March 1996).
Little Bobo - by Serena Romanelli, Hans De Beer (Illustrator).
Amazon Price: $5.56 / $11.17.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages 4-8.
Paperback - 32 pages (October 1997).
Hardcover (November 1995).
Little Bobo Saves the Day - by Serena Romanelli, Hans De Beer (Illustrator).
Amazon Price: $15.95.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages 4-8.
Hardcover - 32 pages (November 1997).
Little Sibu, An Orangutan Tale - by Sally Grindley, John Butler (Illustrator).
Amazon Price: $11.17.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages 4-8.
Hardcover - 32 pages (March 1999).
Orangutans (Animal Safari) - by Mary-Claire Helldorfer.
Amazon Price: $4.17.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Reading level: Ages babies - pre-school.
Hardcover - 10 pages (April 1999).
Imagine You Are a Orangutan - by Wallace.
Amazon Price: $11.95.
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
Reading level: Ages 4-8.
Paperback - (June 1999).
The Orange Orangutan (John's Colorful World) - by Margaret Campilonga.
Amazon Price: $9.77.
Availability: This title will be published in April 2000.
Reading level: Ages 4-8.
Hardcover - (April 2000).
Popular Books
Orangutan - by J. Bonrett.
Amazon Price: $19.95.
Availability: This title usually ships within 3-5 days.
Library Binding (January 1991).
Orangutans (Monkey Discovery Library) - by Lynn M. Stone.
Amazon Price: $17.93.
Availability: This title usually ships within 3-5 weeks.
Library Binding (October 1990).
Great Apes : Between Two Worlds - by Michael Nichols (Photographer).
Amazon Price: $35.00.
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
Hardcover - 200 pages (May 1994).
Orangutan - by Bill Wall.
Amazon Price: $6.00 + $1.85 special surcharge.
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
Paperback (July 1989).
The Orangutan (Endangered Animals & Habitats) - by Stuart P. Levine.
Amazon Price: $23.70.
Availability: This book will be published in January 2000.
Hardcover (January 2000).
Academic and Professional Books
The Neglected Ape - Edited by Ronald D. Nadler, Biruté M.F. Galdikas, Lori K. Sheeran.
Amazon Price: $112.00.
Hardcover (February 1996).
Orangutan Population and Habitat Viability Analysis - Workshop, Medan, North Sumatra, 1993.
Amazon Price: $35.00.
Paperback (February 1993).
Orang-Utan Biology - Edited by Jeffrey H. Schwartz.
Amazon Price: $110.00.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days.
Hardcover - 383 pages (October 1988).
The Orang Utan : Its Biology and Conservation - Edited by Leonert E.M. De Boer.
Amazon Price: $227.50.
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
Hardcover (October 1982).
Our Vanishing Relative : The Status of Wild Orang-Utans at the Close of the Twentieth Century - by H.D. Rijksen, E. Meijaard.
Amazon Price: $195.00.
Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks.
Hardcover (June 1999).
Amazon Price: $17.99.