When the author became a public-school teacher and decided to teach second-grade students about Jane Goodall, he could not find literature appropriate for seven-year-olds. Children's books about her lifework simply did not exist. So, the author used an encyclopedic entry and the knowledge he had from the documentary to form his own text, which was read together as a lesson. As an ensuing poster project, the author assigned the students to choose animals they would study, identify where they would travel to study them, and generate a short list of questions to explore. Jane Goodall's lifework can be a welcoming theme for elementary social studies students. It can help them develop a deeper and broader knowledge base about social and environmental causes and advance their ability to make further inquiries about other topics. In this article, the author presents children's literature by and about Jane Goodall that can be used to teach about her breakthroughs, the decisions she made that resulted in new ideas and ways of thinking, and her inherent character traits of personal responsibility, concern for justice, and respect for others and for the natural world. The author then focuses on critical thinking questions designed to provoke careful consideration of Jane Goodall's life and work, and ends with a discussion on compelling and supporting questions that can be used for further investigation.