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Un Gorila.: Un Libro No Solo Para Contar (2013)

by Anthony Browne(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

6071609410 (ISBN13: 9786071609410)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Fondo de Cultura Economica USA

review 1: Browne, A. (2012). One Gorilla: A Counting Book. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.Received Starred Review from Publishers WeeklyCountingThis picture book involves counting from one to ten with illustrations of different types of primates that depict the number amount on each page. The illustrations are beautiful, with the different kinds of primates being depicted in a lifelike manner. However, their facial expressions are unique and give each primate their own personality. There are a very small amount of words, but the font is very large and is great for younger children. This book can be used in the classroom to teach younger children how to count from one to ten. However, they may have a hard time pronouncing some of the names of the different types of primates. Due t... moreo this, I think the teacher should read and show the illustrations to the students rather than a student going off and reading it on their own. The book can also be used to show diversity to students because the last illustration in the book shows people of different races and from different areas around the world. I feel that this picture book would be great for a pre-k classroom. I personally enjoyed this picture book and I really loved the illustrations!
review 2: "One Gorilla" by Anthony Browne is a counting picturebook. Every page has a different primate on it and the counting goes up to ten. The first page has one gorilla on it and the number 1 in the same color as the gorilla has in it and gorilla is spelled out under the number. When you turn the page there are orangutans with the number 2 in orange, the same as the colorful primates with the word "oranguntans" written underneath. The pictures of the primates are full bleed pages and have vivid coloring. Some of the primates demand that we respond when they look at the reader. They all look very soft and there is definitely aging in some of the primates. This can be seen by the clumping and greasiness of their fur. Right after the 10 lemurs is a self portrait of Anthony Browne where he writes "All primates. All one family. All my family..." He is definitely aluding to the fact that he believes in evolution. After we turn the page we see rows of people of different cultures and ages and he write "and yours". I know he uses mixed media but to me it looks like vivid watercolors. I say watercolors because I know he has used watercolors in other books. This might be the first book that I can tell what his ideology is and I know I do not agree with it. He makes all of the people on the last page seem happy and makes us believe they agree with him. I may not recommend this book. I need to grow a little more in literature before I do. less

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