Written by Anthony Browne
Suitable for: 7-11 years (Key stage 2), 11-14 years (Key stage 3)
Available braille grades: Grade 1, Grade 2
Hannah’s father doesn’t have much time for her so she is often lonely. She loves gorillas and longs for one. 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 something magical happens – he comes alive and takes her on an amazing adventure.
The front cover has the title in big red, capital letters across the top of the page. Swinging from the letter A is a huge gorilla wearing an overcoat, red and white spotted bow tie and a trilby hat. He's holding a little girl in a green coat and red wellies under one arm. He has a kind, smiling face and the little girl doesn't look frightened at all she's smiling too! An orange tabby cat below them is less happy, in fact he's scared out of his wits! It's a clear, starry night with a full Moon. At the bottom of the page are the black outline shapes of houses, trees, hedges, a church and a gorilla.
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Donated by: John Hornimans Children's Trust
Excellent literacy topic resourceExcellent resource - used for a whole literacy topic for six weeks, every day. The nine year old student really enjoyed it.Rose
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