num_pages: 32
description: The heart-tugging true story of how a baby gorilla found love in the arms of a surrogate mom When Umande was born his mother didnt know how to take care of him. So he was hand-reared by keepers at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. For eight months the keepers crawled on the ground with him to show him how to walk; coughed in his face to teach him discipline; and gave him happy gorilla grumbles to encourage him. But for Umande something was still missing. Luckily a thousand miles away at the Columbus Zoo a mom was waiting just for him. This touching true story about finding a family will resonate with animal lovers and adoptive families alike. Share this book with fans of Owen &amp; Mzee Tarra &amp; Bella and Knut.
language: English
title: A Mom for Umande
publisher: Dial Books