Little Beauty
“No one renders primates with more faithful detail or surrealhumanity than Browne.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Once there was a very special gorilla who had almost everything he needed. There was only one thing he didn’t have: a friend. With no other gorillas at the zoo, the keepers try...
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“No one renders primates with more faithful detail or surrealhumanity than Browne.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Once there was a very special gorilla who had almost everything he needed. There was only one thing he didn’t have: a friend. With no other gorillas at the zoo, the keepers try something new. Will the gigantic ape strike a bond with another sort of creature, one as tiny and innocent as a kitten? Sparked by the story of a real gorilla who learned to sign, Little Beauty is a celebration of a most surprising friendship.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780763639594 (0763639591)
Publish date: September 23rd 2008
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Gorilla lives in a zoo but he has a TV, a recliner and eats and drinks from plates and cups. He is lonely, so his handlers give him a kitten (Little Beauty) who becomes his close friend. One day when he watches King Kong on television, he becomes so angry at the story that he breaks the television. ...
My niece and nephew enjoyed Little Beauty. I expected that my niece would like it, but oh my gosh, my nephew *loved* it! That caught me completely by surprise! I thought this book would be too "sweet" for his taste, but he just really enjoyed seeing the friendship between this gorilla and kitten....
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