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Categories: Being Different & Being Yourself

Killer Gorilla

Good for not judging people before you know them
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Killer Gorilla

Author: Jeanne Willis
Illustrator: Tony Ross
Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd

A little mouse, searching for her lost child, flees from an enormous gorilla, who chases her across the world, but when it gets to a point where the mouse can run no more she discovers that the gorilla did’t mean any harm and was only trying to return her child to her

Things we liked: This is a very funny book, with plenty of action and lovely text for reading aloud. It would be enjoyed by older children as well.

Categories: Being Different & Being Yourself
Tags: anxiety, emotions, fears, prejudice



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A challenging experience can make a young child feel as if they are in emotional free fall. As a parent, you can’t stop them falling, but you can offer them a softer landing:
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