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Engjoy this popular picture book in Chinese. Hannah loves gorillas but has never seen one. Her father's too busy to take her to the zoo - or for anything else come to that. For her birthday, Hannah asks her father for a gorilla - but is disappointed when she discovers that the gorilla she's got is just a toy one. But then something extraordinary happens ... the toy turns into a real gorilla, who puts on her father's hat and coat and takes her off for a magical visit to the zoo... Age 5+.

本书讲述的是单亲家庭小女孩安娜的故事，她渴望得到爸爸的关爱，可是现实生活中的爸爸既冷漠又严肃。父女俩吃早餐的时候，爸爸在看报纸，父女两人没有交流。在安娜过生日的前一晚，安娜想要大猩猩作生日礼物，得到的却是一只玩具猩猩。安娜感到自己被关在笼子里，像动物园里的猩猩一样。不过，当晚让人惊异的事情发生了，玩具猩猩变成了真正的大猩猩，并且要带安娜去动物园玩……
《大猩猩》当年一经出版，就一举荣获多项重要大奖，并且将作者安东尼·布朗推进顶尖图画书创作者之林，成为布朗经典而重要的代表作。《大猩猩》中，布朗利用“父亲”和“大猩猩”的共同点——高大威武却亲切温和，描绘了一个忙忙碌碌、不擅表达，却用行动来体现伟大的父爱的感人故事。也细致地刻画了孩子心中，孤独害怕，渴望父亲所给予安全感的心理。大猩猩的梦幻形象之出现，更是使孩子产生强烈的认同感。随着大猩猩成为深受孩子喜爱的形象，《大猩猩》也成为历经时间验证而经典的童书绘本。