Just a few days ago I was at the pediatrics' office, keeping the kiddos before the dreaded gauntlet of shots, and I read to my littlest one "If You Give a Moose a Muffin." Now Ding Dong Gorilla runs in the same vein, except I don't think it has the payoff "Moose" did. I truly hate having an opinion about children's books because they promote reading by appealing to a wide variety of children; what one child might like, the other might not, but everyone reads.Ultimately, I let my youngest decide:dafsdsf;jlfjaoiejre m, nsfAs you can see in her review above, she enjoyed the book a lot, this book which also has left her daddy wishing he was more inventive in his excuses during his childhood. There probably would have been a lot less spanking. The ring of a doorbell often signals a visitor or a salesperson. While the boy in this picture book awaits the arrival of the pizza delivery person, it turns out that a gorilla has been pressing the bell. He makes quite a mess, emptying the toy box, coloring outside the lines, even trying on the boy's mother's clothing before leaving. But the worst news of all is that all the pizza is gone. Either this is a very imaginative young man or he's going to be in big trouble now that dinner has disappeared. The digital illustrations show all the trouble that gorilla caused and the chagrin on the face of the narrator.
What do You think about Ding Dong! Gorilla! (2013)?
Super fun read aloud! Kids identify with main character.
—Avidwriter
The good news is that this book is a hoot!
—cynfed
