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32 pp.
| Philomel |
April, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-16205-3$16.99
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A bibliophilic gorilla's acrobatic attempts to entice a boy away from television culminate in an accidentally destroyed TV and the boy's outrage. Resolution arrives when the boy spies a book on the ground and is entranced. This celebration of reading treads familiar metafictive ground but feels fresh nonetheless, with inventive use of controlled text (only two words: look and out) and vibrant mixed-media art.