From School Library Journal
PreS—A boy and his dad are driving along a highway when their car sputters to a halt. A gorilla wearing blue mechanics overalls comes by with a tow truck and hauls them to a garage run by gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans. Gorilla Garage serves a simian clientele that includes a tuxedoed movie star named Kong. The boy sneaks out of the jungle-style waiting room to watch the apes work, the car is fixed, and the youngster takes the wheel and drives off with Dad in the passenger seat. Told in rhyme from the boy's perspective, the story has little plot and uninspired writing. The Photoshop illustrations look like a child's coloring book that has been filled in with watercolor paints. The entire effort is rather pedestrian.—
Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
About the Author
Mark Shulman lives in New York, New York.
Illustrator Vincent Nguyen was born in Houston, Texas, and later moved to New York City, where he received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. He has illustrated a number of picture books, including
Jungle Bullies by Steven Kroll and
Whoosh Went the Wind! by Sally Derby. He has also worked as an artist for animated feature films, such as
Robots and
Ice Age 2. He lives in New York City.
