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Books like Orangutans

What to read after Orangutans by Emily Kington: 24 titles sharing themes of Environmental Conservation & Protection, Zoology, Life Sciences, and Science & Nature, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Environmental Conservation & Protection Zoology Life Sciences Science & Nature Science Juvenile Nonfiction

Top related books to Orangutans

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Orangutans.

Tiny, Floating Coral A Fact-Filled Picture Book about the Life Cycle of Coral, with Fold-out Map of the World’s Coral Reefs (ages 4-8) — Mary Auld

Tiny, Floating Coral A Fact-Filled Picture Book about the Life Cycle of Coral, with Fold-out Map of the World’s Coral Reefs (ages 4-8)

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Over and Under the Canyon — Kate Messner

Over and Under the Canyon

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Milkweed for Monarchs — Christine Van Zandt

Milkweed for Monarchs

Christine Van Zandt

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

White Spirit Bear — Tess Tessier

White Spirit Bear

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

The River that Wolves Moved A True Tale from Yellowstone — Mary Kay Carson

The River that Wolves Moved A True Tale from Yellowstone

Mary Kay Carson

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Snakehead Fish — Emma Huddleston

Emma Huddleston

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Planet Earth III — Leisa Stewart-Sharpe

Planet Earth III

Leisa Stewart-Sharpe

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

You Are a Star, Jane Goodall — Dean Robbins

You Are a Star, Jane Goodall

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Magnificent Mammals — Buddy Davis

Magnificent Mammals

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back – The NEW Illustrated Guide — Isabella Tree

Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back – The NEW Illustrated Guide

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Orcas Everywhere The Mystery and History of Killer Whales — Mark Leiren-Young

Orcas Everywhere The Mystery and History of Killer Whales

Mark Leiren-Young

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

The Story of a Butterfly Learn about the Life Cycle and Habitat of the Painted Lady — Margaret Rose Reed

The Story of a Butterfly Learn about the Life Cycle and Habitat of the Painted Lady

Margaret Rose Reed

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Giant Panda (Young Zoologist) A First Field Guide to the Bamboo-Loving Bear from China — Vanessa Hull

Giant Panda (Young Zoologist) A First Field Guide to the Bamboo-Loving Bear from China

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Winged Wonders Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery — Meeg Pincus

Winged Wonders Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Are Wolves Afraid of the Dark? — Huw Lewis Jones

Are Wolves Afraid of the Dark?

Huw Lewis Jones

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Home Is Calling The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly — Katherine Pryor

Home Is Calling The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly

Katherine Pryor

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Yoshi and the Ocean A Sea Turtle’s Incredible Journey Home — Lindsay Moore

Yoshi and the Ocean A Sea Turtle’s Incredible Journey Home

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

RSPB Birds Eye Spy — Catherine Brereton

RSPB Birds Eye Spy

Catherine Brereton

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Butterfly for a King Saving Hawaiʻi’s Kamehameha Butterflies — Susan L. Roth

Butterfly for a King Saving Hawaiʻi’s Kamehameha Butterflies

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Talk, Talk, Squawk! A Human’s Guide to Animal Communication — Nicola Davies

Talk, Talk, Squawk! A Human’s Guide to Animal Communication

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

The Book of Turtles — Sy Montgomery

The Book of Turtles

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

The Wolf Effect A Wilderness Revival Story — Rosanne Parry

The Wolf Effect A Wilderness Revival Story

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

Tano & Binti Two Chimpanzees Return to the Wild — Andy DaVolls

Tano & Binti Two Chimpanzees Return to the Wild

Themes: Environmental Conservation & Protection • Zoology • Life Sciences

The Life Cycle of Amphibians — Darlene R. Stille

The Life Cycle of Amphibians

Darlene R. Stille

Themes: Zoology • Life Sciences • Science & Nature

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Environmental Conservation & Protection, Zoology, Life Sciences — the same threads that run through Orangutans by Emily Kington. Among the authors featured: Mary Auld, Kate Messner, Christine Van Zandt, Tess Tessier, and others.

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