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Good Night, Gorilla Review
"In a book economical in text and simple in illustrations, the many amusing, small details, as well as the tranquil tome of the story, make this an outstanding picture book." --The Horn Book "A clever, comforting bedtime story."--School Library Journal User Submitted Good Night, Gorilla ReviewsNovember 19, 2008 A Great Book My son loves this book. He really enjoys listening to the stories that his dad makes up about each animal. There aren't too many words, leaving you room to ad-lib it, which is fun! This is one of our many books we tend to read at night. October 21, 2008 A Fun and Beautiful Bedtime Book In this beautifully-illustrated bedtime book, the gorilla steals the key from the zookeeper, letting out all the animals, who follow the zookeeper home to bed. The story is cute, but what I really loved about this book was the great illustrations. The colors pop out at you from the page and capture your attention. This book is one of my new bedtime favorites! I can't wait to read it to my son. October 13, 2008 A gentle and gorgeous bedtime book My 18-month-old loves to look at this this book over and over again. ("Gwa!") But I don't mind at all... "Good Night, Gorilla" is one of my favorites. The pictures tell the story in this book; there are only a handful of words. I love the stunningly vivid and detailed illustrations. There are little surprises everywhere you look -- a stuffed Babar doll in the elephant's cage; a family picture of the zookeeper's wife holding the baby gorilla. When I read it to my son, I tell him something different every time. He loves to point out the things he knows the words for: "Keys!" "Moon!" "Abido!" (otherwise known as an "armadillo"). Even though I know what's coming, I can't help but smile every time at the animals quietly following the keeper through the zoo, tiptoeing through his living room, curling up in his bedroom, and then finally following the zookeeper's wife back to the zoo. (You get the feeling it isn't the first time she's had to do this.) This is a beautiful and peaceful bedtime story. I hope you like it as much as we do! September 30, 2008 Fun and funny A wonderful story. Classic kids' book. They love the art work! A terrific little book for kids. A goodbook before 10 minutes tlll Bed Time. It's sturdy. September 13, 2008 Better Than Goodnight Moon Opposed to other reviews, my personal opinion is that Good Night Gorilla is better than Goodnight Moon (although both are great bedtime stories). Funny and filled with great illustrations, Good Night Gorilla is a charming reader. My sons just love it. Another bedtime story I'd recommend and they love is Ladybug Baby Bug, by Janice and Mark Perkins. September 3, 2008 Wonderful! My 14-month old son runs to the bookshelf, grabs this book, and thrusts it in our direction to read to him over and over again - he just can't get enough of it! My husband and I have each read it to him dozens of times and happily we aren't bored of it either; the illustrations are excellent, and the story is creative and funny. I highly recommend this book. September 1, 2008 Avoid this A very poor book compared to "Goodnight Moon". Just mooching off the the "good night" kiddie book market. August 24, 2008 First book to generate a laugh My son has been reading this since he was 8 mos old, he loves to look at the pictures (there are minimal words) while I describe what is going on. At about 11 mos, when he got to the page where the zookeeper's wife finds Gorilla in bed, he laughed out loud! It's so cute to see him "get it." As he gets older, there are many smaller details in the pictures that will catch his attention, so it's a nice book that will grow with him. August 2, 2008 Perfect Book for Bedtime Goodnight Gorilla is a perfect bedtime book or for those young children just learning to read. The book has colorful illustrations and repetitive phrases that make it easy for young ones to understand and follow along. Goodnight Gorilla follows a zoo keeper as he says goodnight to all the animals. The gorilla swipes his keys and lets all the animals out, which of course, follow the zoo keeper home and into his bedroom at night. My 2 year old thinks its hilarious. Its one of his favorite books. I'm so glad we got it. Its a real hit. August 2, 2008 He loves it! What a winner this book is! Great pictures. The repetitive phrases are repeated over and over by my liitle tyke. He has to hear it every night before bedtime and repeats the words as they are read. For more Good Night, Gorilla reviews click here.
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