Me… Jane

A little girl and her loyal stuffed chimpanzee Jubilee spend their days watching birds, climbing trees, and tirelessly exploring the world around them. Patrick McDonnell portrays the childhood of Jane Goodall through these small, everyday moments: reading about Tarzan, hiding in a chicken coop to find out where eggs come from, and carefully recording her observations in a notebook.

The expressive illustrations, rendered in a slightly vintage style, echo scientific imagery, giving the pages a subtly old-fashioned, scrapbook-like feel. The story is crowned by a photograph of the adult Jane Goodall reaching out not to Jubilee, but to a real chimpanzee, linking those childhood moments to a life devoted to her early passion, while keeping curiosity, attentiveness, and a deep connection to the natural world at its center.