Akron Public Library

Jim Panzee feels anxious. Porcupine is having a big party, and according to Jim's best friend Norman, there will be--gulp--dancing. Jim can DEFINITELY not dance. When he tells his friends, they all try to teach him cool moves--surely that's the only reason Jim isn't excited about this party! Now, their job complete, the other animals sweep Jim along, all the way to the dance floor. Jim is dipped, swayed, and twirled until he can't take it anymore--he...

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...

Reveals that gorillas, those masters of disguise and experts at hiding, are all around us and invites the reader to seek gorillas of all ages in the illustrations, while carrying a banana just in case.

Mr. Monkey takes a break from his favorite video game to do something outside, but nothing goes as planned.

Before a little girl has a chance to name the cat that arrives unexpectedly at her house, he disappears again only to be replaced by another "pet," Steve the gorilla.

George and the Man with the Yellow Hat help their friends Marco and Cecilia prepare a party for their mom, but when she arrives early, the party-planners have to scramble to make a Mother's Day she'll never forget.

"Join George as he looks to the sky for a starry solution to his bad dreams! Includes glow-in-the-dark stickers"--

Hilda Snibbs lives in a palatial Parisian apartment with three mischievous monkeys.

Tugg, a gorilla, helps his best friend Teeny, a monkey, in her attempts to become a musician, an artist, and a poet.

When a fellow jungle mate suggests "blankies" are for babies, Doris the Gorilla tries to give her beloved blanket, Frankie, up, and then tries disguising it.