Priscilla Gorilla

By Barbara Bottner, Michael Emberley (Illustrator)

A class goes wild when one student's gorilla obsession tests the limits of creativity and cooperation.

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40 pages· 830 words· Est. 7 min read-aloud

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Bookroo's summary

Priscilla's fascination with gorillas leads her to embrace their wild ways, causing chaos in class. Her antics land her in the Thinking Corner, but soon, her classmates join her rebellion. As the classroom teeters on the brink of anarchy, can Priscilla learn to balance her passion with cooperation, or will her gorilla spirit take over completely? Discover if she's truly channeling her inner gorilla or just stirring up trouble in a costume.

From the publisher

When a whole class goes gorilla, they learn the importance of balancing passion and creativity with cooperation in this charmer of a picture book from the New York Times bestselling duo, Barbara Bottner and Michael Emberley. The day Priscilla gets a book about gorillas, she instantly becomes obsessed. She dances like them, eats like them, and wears her gorilla costume 24-7! There are so many things to love about gorillas, but what Priscilla loves best is how they seem to always get their way. So when Mr. Todd tells all his students to dress up like their favorite animal, Priscilla’s choice is obvious. But dancing around and beating her chest when it’s not her turn sends Priscilla straight to the Thinking Corner. She is of course outraged–nobody tells a gorilla what to do!–and as her attitude spreads, soon the thinking corner is full of her classmates. Is Priscilla really channeling her inner gorilla, or is she just a troublemaker in ape’s clothing?

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