Gorilla (large format) (Big Books) - Softcover

Browne, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0744578477 ISBN 13: 9780744578478

Publisher: Walker Books, 2000

Synopsis

Hannah loves gorillas but has never seen one. Her father's too busy to take her to the zoo - or for anything else come to that. For her birthday, Hannah asks her father for a gorilla - but is disappointed when she discovers that the gorilla she's got is just a toy one. But then something extraordinary happens ... the toy turns into a real gorilla, who puts on her father's hat and coat and takes her off for a magical visit to the zoo...

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Review:

Hannah's father never seems to have time for her and so she is often left alone and lonely. She loves gorillas and longs for one for her birthday. On the night before her birthday she wakes up to find a parcel, containing a toy gorilla, by her bed. Disappointed she goes back to sleep. Later that night though, something magical happens--a real gorilla appears and takes her on a magical journey.

This book won Anthony Browne both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award and has become a classic picture book to be enjoyed on many levels by children of all ages. --Philippa Reece

Review:

One of the best picture books for the over-threes I've seen in a long time. * Parents * Sad, joyous and full of surprises for the sharp-eyed...Browne asks his readers to think...His strong visual images are arresting, compulsive. * The Good Book Guide to Children's Books *

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0744578477
• ISBN 13: 9780744578478
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Browne Anthony