Meet Yi Min. Her name, pronounced yee meen, means "happy and smart" in Chinese. Yi Min is quite smart, and sometimes does things that seem very human. She would love to learn how to read someday--even though she is just a gibbon! In the meantime, maybe you can read to her. Because, as they say in China, "A book is like a garden carried in the pocket."

Yi Min is a lar gibbon. Gibbons are the cleanest and gentlest of the apes. They are very intelligent. They have slender, long-fingered hands with thumbs. They use their hands and arms to move quickly through the treetops. There are more than a half-dozen different species of gibbons living in China, the Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, and Sumatra.

Yi Min is part of the Hanging Plush collection. This silky soft plush brown and white gibbon is 17" from head to foot, and stretches to a full 2' while hanging. In order to help this gibbon hang, she has velcro on both her hands and feet. This gibbon is an educational tool that your child can hang anywhere!

This gibbon is surface washable and is appropriate for ages 3 and up.