![]() ![]() Kudos to them then for giving Good Night, Gorilla the 1994 Cuffie for “Most Likely to Succeed in Years Ahead”. She takes the animals back to the zoo, but our crafty gorilla is not one to be outdone.”Įvery year the American booksellers pronounce their Cuffie Awards in categories of every shape and form. Or so it seems until the zookeeper’s wife realizes that something has gone wrong when she hears a chorus of goodnights. As the keeper heads for home, the animals all follow along and join him and his wife for a good night’s sleep. The clever gorilla has swiped the zookeeper’s keys and as he visits each cage, he opens it and lets the animal out. I call that chutzpah.Ĭhildren’s Literature described the plot as, “In this nearly wordless book young children will have a good laugh as they watch the zookeeper making his rounds and wishing the animals all goodnight. But this intrepid little 1994 upstart not only managed to get into the Top 100, it make it to the Top 50. Your Blueberries for Sal or your Millions of Cats. In this kind of list you expect the top books to be made up of the old old classics. This book provides so many moments of glee: the gorilla unlocking the various cages, the animals following the zookeeper into his house, the darkness being filled with a chorus of “good nights”…this is one of those books that appeals to 6-month-olds and three-year-olds alike (and probably older, too, but we only know up to 3 1/2!). #40 Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann (1994) ![]()
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