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Gorilla

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Gorilla by Anthony Browne

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By Anthony Browne

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105 reviews

Hannah loves gorillas but has never seen one. Her father’s too busy to take her to the zoo – or for anything else come to that. For her birthday, Hannah asks her father for a gorilla – but is disappointed when she discovers that the gorilla she’s got is just a toy one. But then something extraordinary happens, the toy turns into a real gorilla.

Reviews

19 Aug 2025

My favourite character is the gorilla. I liked taht the gorilla and the little girl got to meet.

30 Jul 2025

It was good to be happy with father.(Hannah)
Dad always work and work, so he didn't play and talk with his daugther, Hannah.
So Hannah was very sad.
But i was relief that Hannah and her father got close again.

23 Jul 2025

When she went to the zoo, I felt like I wanted to follow along

01 Jul 2025

My best character of this book is the Gorilla. I like him because it is so wonderful for gorillas to talk, dance and walk. In this book you can learn about the importance of the family's relationship. First Hanna's dad was cold to her ,but when he becomes the Gorilla he was so warm to Hanna.

05 Sep 2024

I read this twice. I like the drawings. They are really, really clever.

03 Sep 2024

She misses her dad so the gorilla takes Hannah out instead

02 Sep 2024

Love the gorilla, I like the pictures

27 Aug 2024

Good read

30 Jul 2024

I love the gorilla he looks like a good friend

26 Jul 2024

I was very happy when Hannah went to the zoo with the gorilla because they were so happy with each other.

19 Jul 2024

It was very cool because Hannah’s toy gorilla came to life.

13 Jan 2024

I really liked this story.

11 Sep 2023

good book

08 Sep 2023

At the end, Hannah's dad finally took her somewhere and it was the first ever time that she has been out with him.

29 Aug 2023

I like the girl.

29 Aug 2023

The dad gave the girl a toy gorilla.
Did did not want to talk because he was working. He said maybe later.
I like the book.

26 Aug 2023

I liked the friendly Gorilla

20 Aug 2023

I love it

14 Aug 2023

My favourite characters were the gorilla and Hannah. The Gorilla was so nice because he took her to the zoo because her dad always said No I’m too busy or he was working all day and that made Hannah sad.

09 Aug 2023

Hanna and dad is not happy family so Hanna and her doll gorilla is going on a city like father and daughter

26 Jul 2023

I like it because there's a Hannah and I'm Hannah. I loved how her Dad had a banana in his back pocket

22 Jul 2023

The book makes boredom to joy

17 Jul 2023

I like this book because I like Anthony Browne

14 Feb 2023

In this book there was a girl who loved gorilla's and got a toy who came alive.

09 Oct 2022

I felt sad that the dad didn’t have time to talk to his daughter. I also felt excited to see what will happen in their adventure.A zoo,a cinema and dancing beneath the moonlight
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05 Sep 2022

I felt sad for the little girl that her daddy is always busy but in the end he took her to visit the zoo and she had a lovely birthday with him

05 Sep 2022

Sad book as reality of parents not being able to play with their children 24/7 because they are tired or working, that a child wishes to swap their parent for a gorilla

02 Sep 2022

I love Gorillas as much Hannah.

23 Aug 2022

It has a gorilla in it and that's everything.

17 Aug 2022

I really enjoyed the book.My favourite part was when the toy gorilla turned into a real gorilla.

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