Good Night Gorilla Gift Box [With Gorilla]

Peggy Rathmann, Author, Peggy Rathmann, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-24195-6

Several familiar book friends take new forms. A board book version of Peggy Rathmann's bedtime tale of a mischievous gorilla who follows the zookeeper home comes with a plush version of the hero in a large boxed set, Good Night, Gorilla: Book and Plush. About this story, PW said, ""Universally understandable subject matter and a narrative conveyed almost entirely through pictures mark this as an ideal title for beginners.""

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