You’d better go in now, Hannah,” said the gorilla.“See you tomorrow.”“Really?” asked Hannah.The gorilla nodded and smiled. But the next day he was always too busy. “Notnow. Maybe at the weekend,” he would say.But at the weekend he was always too tired. Theynever did anything together. Come on then, Hannah,” said the gorilla,and he gently lifted her up. Then they wereoff, swinging through the trees towards thezoo.

What would you like to do now?” the gorillaasked. “I’d love to go to the cinema,” saidHannah. So they did. Me and You (Doubleday, 2011) —a retelling of The Story of the Three Bears in a contemporary setting Gorillas are frequently featured in Browne's books, as he has said he is fascinated by them. He was once asked to present a children's programme, whilst sitting in a cage of gorillas, and despite being badly bitten by one of them he completed the interview before being taken to hospital. [13] his character "Willy" is said to be based on himself. [14] The text itself features relatively complex sentance structures so is ideal to read to a very young child or great to use to develope the reading skills of a more accomplished reader. A feature of Anthony Browne’s work is that although the characters are depicted in almost naturalistic style, “in all styles we can only interpret faces with certainty as positive, negative or neutral in affect, with more subtle readings dependent on contextual and intermodal guidance. (Tian, 2011.)

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In 2001-2002 I took a job as writer and illustrator at Tate Britain working with children using art as a stimulus to inspire visual literacy and creative writing activities. It was during this time that I conceived and produced The Shape Game. This was always one of my favourite books as a young reader and probably even before I could read it myself!

urn:oclc:834148184 Scandate 20110829041657 Scanner scribe1.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Worldcat (source edition)Look at the patterns in the picture of Hannah’s kitchen. Can you see any examples of tessellation / symmetry / right angles?

Look at photos of different primates and draw your own pictures of some of them. You could also look at video footage of gorillas and other primates. For example: Hannah's father is always too busy to spend time with her. One night, her toy gorilla comes to life and takes her on a long-awaited trip to the zoo. The next day, Hannah's toy is restored and her father has a surprise for her. Look at the use of speech within the text. Could you rewrite the story as a play? Could you perform the play to others? Hannah was frightened. “Don’t be frightened,Hannah,” said the gorilla, “I won’t hurt you. I justwondered if you’d like to go to the zoo.”The gorilla had such a nice smile that Hannahwasn’t afraid. “I’d love to,” she said. Famous works of art can be found in the illustrations, but the people have been replaced by gorillas. Can you identify the original pictures? Who painted them?

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They both crept downstairs, and Hannah put onher coat. The gorilla punt on her father’s hat andcoat. “A perfect fit,” he whispered. Neglected by her busy father, a lonely young girl receives a toy gorilla for her birthday and together they take a miraculous trip to the zoo There is no comfort in this house — not even a sofa to sit on, and no carpet. Notice the map of Africa on the wall — a part of Hannah’s imagination. The truly masterful part of this illustration is that the light coming out of the television turns the pattern on the wallpaper into butterflies. The light coming out of the television is Hannah’s only company — her only brightness in an otherwise dark home environment.