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Go-Go Gorillas

by Julia Durango
32p. 978-1-41693-779-1.
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PreS-Gr 1 King Big Daddy dispatches his mouse messenger to gather his family for a big announcement at the Great Gorilla Villa. The 10 relatives hurry over, each using a different method of transportation, from a rowboat to a pogo stick to a plane. "Niece Isabel was second: /'There's no need for you to worry./If I row there in my rowboat, /I can make it in a hurry!'" Their travels are punctuated by the relentless refrain: "Go-go gorillas! Gotta go, gorillas, go!" Taylor's busy, colorful watercolors track the chaos and the joy as the family welcomes a new baby. Though the story itself is slight, the rhyme and repetition make it a bouncy read-aloud for transportation units."Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
King Big Daddy of Great Gorilla Villa summons his kin via mouse messenger. The rhymes introducing each of his ten relatives, who employ diverse modes of transportation (including pogo stick), have the clickety-clack precision of a train. Meanwhile, the cheeky art ups the humor quotient: look for brand-new-baby gorilla Priscilla--the reason for Big Daddy's summons--in her propeller-driven highchair-throne.

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