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Good Night, Gorilla (平装)
by Peggy Rathmann
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Bedtime & Dreaming, Ages 0-3, Children's book |
| Market price: ¥ 108.00
MSL price:
¥ 98.00
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MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
A delightful romp, a surefire hit, and a good bedtime book! |
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M. Allen Greenbaum (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-25 00:00>
This book was read at a mixed-age party and I'm sure that the adults laughed as much as the children! It has quickly become a classic, featuring the cleverly pictured sneaky antics of a renegade gorilla.
Our young hero steals the keys from a zookeeper and frees all the animals, which follow the keeper home at night. Hilarious "lights out" confusion ensues with a comical surprise ending!
34 pages, with only ten different words, the expressive, colorful pictures say it all. This playful book is appropriate for infants, toddlers, and the beginning reader as well. A delightful romp and a surefire hit! One of those few treasured books that you'll keep for years is to come.
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Jim Carson (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-25 00:00>
The story's in the pictures: a mischievous gorilla borrows the zoo keeper's keys and as the zookeeper is completing his rounds, the gorilla lets the animals out. The gorilla, with all of the animals following him, ends up in the zookeeper's bedroom.
The pictures are terrific, with a lot going on in the background. There's a little mouse toting the gorilla's banana, each animal's cage has a toy, and, of course, the zookeeper's wife's surprise and familiarity with the animals following him home.
My daughter's definitely picked up some rather complex animal names (e.g., giraffe, armadillo) and picked up on the gorilla's shenanigans pretty quickly.
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A reader (MSL quote), TX United States
<2006-12-25 00:00>
What an awesome, simple story for young children. My sons love the black page with just the zookeeper's wife's eyes. If I start this book with one son, the other comes running over as soon as I say, "Goodnight, Gorilla". They can't get enough of it. This one never gets rotated out of our book bin.
They have learned so much vocabulary from this story even though it is far from being word intensive. They point out the keys, moon, balloon, banana, zookeeper's shirt and the flashlight on all of the pages. Just today, one of my sons pointed out his own shirt after I labeled the zookeeper's.
Use this book with older siblings too! I am a teacher too and would use this for children who have trouble writing. So many times students won't write because they don't have a story in mind. Show them the book. The story structure is there, just have the students add the text. I have done it with other books and the technique works wonders.
Hooray, Peggy Rathmann! Keep the good books.
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Tim Janson (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-25 00:00>
Well...I guess you can debate over whether you want to read a book to your little ones where the main character essentially sneaks out of bed and plays mischievously about, but please take your chances with this delightfully funny and charming book.
The Night watchman at the zoo has just told the gorilla goodnight and turns his back only to have the gorilla pick the keys to his cage from his pocket. Sneaking around, the Gorilla uses the keys to open up the cages of other animals. They form a parade behind the unwitting watchman, even following him home and into bed for the night until the watchman's wife notices and leads the animals back to their rightful beds for the night.
Kids will laugh as the gorilla and other animals sneak around right behind the watchman's back. Peggy Rathman's funny, cartoon-like illustrations are the perfect complement to her text. This one has quickly become a new favorite in our household with my two year old.
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Jan Shepherd Ross (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-25 00:00>
A mischievous little gorilla lifts the zoo keeper's keys on the first page of this sparely worded picture book. The brightly colored illustrations basically tell the entertaining story as the gorilla tags along behind the man, gleefully freeing all of the other animals, who then follow him single file into his neat little house. It is his unruffled wife who, without disturbing her sleepy husband, calmly returns the creatures to their cages. Even she, however, does not notice the wily gorilla, who, still in possession of the keys, returns to the house, slips into the big bed, and curls up contentedly between the people for the night. A clever, comforting bedtime story. |
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