Willis, Jeanne. Gorilla! Gorilla! Illus. Tony Ross. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005.
When mother mouse's baby goes missing, she searches all over the forest but she can't find him. Just when she thinks things can't get any worse, she is chased by a gorilla who keeps hollering for her to stop. She runs all over the globe, but she can't seem to escape the very determined gorilla. The pastel illustrations are colourful and energetic, relying heavily on contrast in size and colour to emphasize the difference between the two animals, to build the tension (especially at the height of the action when the gorilla comes closer and closer until the bright red of his open mouth practically glows against the constrast of his dark face), and to convey tenderness in the end. The illustrations also highlight the sense of travel and distance by using different styles and colour schemes for each of the different locations pictured.
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