Gorilla

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Once the gorilla comes to life there is a feeling of exhilaration and adventure in the book, which would be very engaging for children’s imaginations. After days of being alone, eagerly waiting for the attention from her very busy father, Hannah's toy gorilla becomes real and takes her on an adventure to the zoo, the cinema, a restaurant and the evening ends with a dance on the lawn. The artwork, done in watercolor, is intensely engaging, capturing the emotional trajectory of the story perfectly.

Younger readers would enjoy the storyline, where older students could analyze the deeper concepts hidden in the storyline. He was once asked to present a children's programme, whilst sitting in a cage of gorillas, and despite being badly bitten by one of them he completed the interview before being taken to hospital. Left alone most of the time, this is how she discovers her love of gorillas by reading about them, watching programmes and drawing them.He takes her on a magical adventure, filling in for the paternal role and playing the part of the father she longs for. There is so much you can do with this text looking at book and picture codes, from the illustrations and positioning of the characters looking at perspective and hierarchy. The truly masterful part of this illustration is that the light coming out of the television turns the pattern on the wallpaper into butterflies. I almost don’t like the way the story finished so quickly I feel as though there could have been an extension to the story of what happens to her father and her when they go to the zoo as a further extension to the story.

Some of the images had a frame so it means we are looking into the child’s world and when there isn’t a frame its where we are part of the story and the illustrator really wants to raw us into the story. Personally, I am really impressed with how the book clearly shows the sophisticatedness of picture books. Left to her own devices a lot of the time, Hannah spends her days reading about gorillas, watching gorillas on television and drawing pictures of gorillas. For example the use of ��framing’ showing the chimpanzees at the zoo, creates a sense of imprisonment.A lovely story about how a lonely and neglected girl living with her father finds comfort and joy in the thing she loves the most, gorillas! The satisfaction of both of those desires makes for an immensely engaging reading experience, one that features an enchanting dream sequence - or is it a dream? Anthony Browne is an internationally acclaimed author and illustrator of children's books with over forty titles to his name including Gorilla and Willy the Wimp.

I think Anothy Browne has explored a number of issues and anxieties experienced by most children in a imaginative, enchanting and magical way in this book- and the fact that this is all done within 30 pages is an absolute triumph.She tried to share her interest with her dad, but he was always too busy to entertain her requests to visit the zoo. I feel this book would be best suited to EYFS-KS1, as it is an inclusive text (limited unfamiliar vocabulary) and the large, clear, imaginative illustrations would aid early/reluctant/EAL readers. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named his 1983 medalist Gorilla one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. Nice, discreet things to discover within the images too; the gorilla Mona Lisa, Gorilla lamp, the banana in dads back pocket. This emotive and endearing book tells the humbling story of Hannah, a little girl, who wants nothing more but to spend quality time with her very busy father.

Originally published in 1983, and then reprinted in this 30th Anniversary Edition, featuring new cover art drawn by author/artist Anthony Browne, Gorilla is a Kate Greenaway Medal winner, and a classic of modern British picture-books. Unfortunately, her hard-working and rather distant father never seemed to have the time to take her to the zoo to see them live. I don't want to spoil the story for you (because even as an adult, it's still a wonderful narrative), but Browne explores Hannah's fellings of loneliness, rejection and disappointment in the first part of the text. In the morning, the reader feels relief and satisfaction when finally Hannah’s father spends time with her by granting her wish and taking her to the zoo to see a real gorilla. Children read and discuss some wonderful Anthony Browne books looking at the features that make them distinctive.In 1976 I produced Through the Magic Mirror,a strange kind of book in which I painted many of the pictures before I wrote the story.