Goo-Goo Gorilla

This lively book with clear, detailed illustrations reads aloud so well, and is such fun! Six- and seven-year-olds were soon joining in all the large-print speech bubbles, and thoroughly enjoying the animal antics. The book begins ‘Once upon a treetop, there were three gorillas. They were Great Big Poppa Gorilla, Middle-size Momma Gorilla and Goo-goo the baby gorilla.’ Everyone thinks Goo-goo is GORGEOUS! ‘Sssssssensational,’ say the snakes, ‘Terrrrrrific,’ say the tigers, for all day long he is a GOOD little gorilla. But by bedtime he is overtired, and becomes a BAD baby gorilla, so no one can rest. Lion suggests lullabies, and there follow three differing efforts to get Goo-goo off to sleep, the final one working in quite a surprising way. A book to consider for guided reading in Literacy Hour.