Good Night, Gorilla

A tried and true well loved family favorite. A must have in all five years & under book shelves.

My 7 month old is obsessed with this book! We read it over and over. The illustrations are beautiful and fun and there are a lot of opportunities to work on developmentally appropriate words and phrases. 10/10 would recommend!

My toddler is obsessed with this book and we both laugh over it, my son loves to name all the animals ! The hardback book also makes it easier to keep around.

My son LOVES “reading” this book. It helped him learn the names of each of the animals

My older son still has fond memories of this book from when he was younger and gifted a new copy to his younger sister. We always had fun with the book since the book leaves a lot to explore. There are keys, a banana, and a red balloon to look for on each page, which adds to the fun.

The vivid colors and hilarious illustrations paint such an expressive story.

Our favorite of all time - mom and daughter both enjoy this one. Lots of things to look for in the pictures (where is the balloon?). Giggles for the naughty gorilla

This is a very cute book and a great gift for a baby shower!

Nighttime at the zoo. Keeper is checking on everyone. The gorilla though doesn't fancy being caged tonight and sneaks out.With very few words, we watch gleefully as he tiptoes behind the keeper, using his keys to let the other animals out. Now do they cause havoc, mischief and mayhem? Nope, they trail after the keeper for a good night's sleep.The visual humour is on point, with very simple but effective illustrations that my son and I laugh aloud at - a black page with just eyes open on it gets me every time.It's rather sweet, and very funny, with the humans never going to win completely against the wily animals.A lovely lesson in how words aren't always necessary to convey the story, and really does let a parent and child tell the story together themselves. A little one can even 'read' this by themselves very easily.For ages 2-6.

Actually, there are a few words, but all the action is left to the story-teller. Little gorilla steals the keeper's keys and lets out the other animals one by one in a procession. Eventually the keeper's wife puts them all back - all except little gorilla. A lovely pile-up story for animal recognition, memory and recall, with the repetitive text "Goodnight . . . (name of animal)". In this large format, we have used it with a small group, but in any size it is a delightful story for pre-schoolers, and it is versatile enough to be used even with key stage one.

For some reason this is a fave.

This is incorrectly advertised as a Puffin book. It is not, it is a rubbish copy by Scholastic. Please do not waste your money on this very poor quality book. I am surprised the company can get away with this misrepresentation. Couldn't be bothered to send it back but I wish I had now. Can't possibly give it to my Grandson so will chuck it away.Don't be fooled like I Was!!!!!!

An absolute must have book! We keep reading it almost every night, now a bit less as I try to get new books too. However, we keep taking it on holidays, etc. It encourages the child to develop the story as it does not have words - other than goodnight ...so-and-so...". The illustrations are beautiful and with a LOT OF detail, so there is always some new detail to spot, e.g. from colours -cage and keys, animals and their toys, sub story of a little mouse dragging a gorilla's banana everywhere, etc.