When Gorilla Goes Walking By Nikki Grimes
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When Gorilla Goes Walking is a wonderful book of short poems about Cecilia and Gorilla, her beloved, stub-tailed cat.
"When Gorilla goes walking, the neighbors laugh and stare at her tailless rump and her very proud air."
Even if you aren't a cat lover, you'll probably fall in love with Gorilla.
Possible Strategy Instruction:
- C: Use prior knowledge to connect with text
- C: Back up and Reread
- F: Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text







