Ready, Set, GOrilla
Guides by Deb – Keeping your books in the hearts of young readers and in the hands of those who care for them.
The guide linked below was created by Debbie Gonzales, MFA. Deb is a career educator, curriculum consultant, former school administrator and adjunct professor, and once served as a SCBWI RA for the Austin Chapter. She's the author of six “transitional” readers for a New Zealand publisher and the forthcoming non-fiction picture book Girls with Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records (Charlesbridge, 2019). Deb earned her MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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Author: Melissa Stoller
Illustrator: Sandie Bartholomew
ISBN: 9781946101693
Publisher: Clear Fork Publishing
Synopsis: Gorilla likes to race with his friends, but he really loves to win. He cheats and misbehaves until he has no friends left. Then . . . Gopher arrives, and beats him at his own game. When someone new enters the race, will Gorilla and Gopher discover the true meaning of friendship?
