If I Had a Gorilla

Mercer Mayer. Brighter Child, $15 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-57768-686-6

If I Had a Gorilla by Mercer Mayer, reissued on the occasion of the book's 35th anniversary, chronicles the wistful desires of a boy in need of bully protection. ""If I had a gorilla, I'd take him to school. Then the big kids wouldn't pick on me if I had a gorilla."" Other Mercer Mayer titles being reissued are You're the Scaredy-Cat; Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo; and One Monster After Another. (May)

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