![]() ![]() But a caterpillar, bug, spider, and worm want no part of hugging a slug. What could Pigeon have in mind now? “Egg delivery, anyone?”Ī stocking stuffer par excellence, just right for dishing up with milk and cookies.Ī slug longs for a hug and finds it unexpectedly.ĭoug the slug would really like a hug and plods on, seeking affection. Also humbug.” In the typically minimalist art, the frustrated feathered one sports a floppily expressive green and red elf hat for this seasonal addition to the series-but then discards it at the end for, uh oh, a pair of bunny ears. ![]() Alas, as Willems’ legion of young fans will gleefully predict, not even Pigeon’s by-now well-honed persuasive powers (“I CAN BE JOLLY!”) will budge the sleigh’s large and stinky reindeer guardian. Whoa!” the badgering begins: “C’mon! Where’s your holiday spirit? It would be a Christmas MIRACLE! Don’t you want to be part of a Christmas miracle…?” Pigeon is determined: “I can do Santa stuff!” Like wrapping gifts (though the accompanying illustration shows a rather untidy present), delivering them (the image of Pigeon attempting to get an oversize sack down a chimney will have little ones giggling), and eating plenty of cookies. This time it’s Santa delivering the fateful titular words, and with a “Ho. Pigeon finds something better to drive than some old bus. Priscilla and her dad have black hair and light brown skin her black-haired mom’s skin is a shade pinker.Ī precious and precocious primate parable sure to please. The four pages of the famous gorilla dance at the close are worth the price of admission. Emberley’s watercolor-and-pencil illustrations telegraph every emotion, from childish exuberance to patient parental love. Primary schoolchildren will identify with Priscilla, her obsession, and her multiracial classmates. Bottner’s tale of ape adoration is sweetly spot-on. Todd (sort of), the class trip to the zoo is a gorillastravaganza. Her parents point out some cooperative traits common in gorillas, sparking a change in behavior if not in heart. Her classmates follow her lead, though, and soon the Thinking Corner is pretty crowded. Todd has the class give reports on their favorite animals while in costume, Priscilla wants to keep her gorilla jammies on for the picture…and ends up out of the picture and in the Thinking Corner. But at school, Priscilla’s enthusiasm for simians sometimes gets her sent to the Thinking Corner. Six-year-old Priscilla has made her dad read All About Gorillas to her a “million skillion times!” When her mom asks why she loves gorillas so much, Priscilla responds, “They always get their way.” Her mother opines that Priscilla gets her way a lot already. ![]() Video Games: Disney Infinity: 3.Priscilla is not a gorilla, but she sure loves everything about them. In the Latin American Spanish dub of Zootopia, Priscilla's was changed to "Perezila", a play between the words "Perezozo" (which is the Spanish word for "sloth") and her original name.įilms and Television: Zootopia ( video/ soundtrack).In the Brazilian dub of Zootopia, Priscilla was renamed to "Preguiscilla", which is a mix between the words "Preguiça" ("sloth" in Brazilian Portuguese) and "Priscilla". ![]() Flash then retells the joke to Priscilla, angering Judy even further.ĭuring the time of Gazelle's performance, Priscilla and Flash are seen literally slow dancing as they hold paws. However, while Flash is inputting the vehicle's license plate, Nick distracts Flash with a joke, much to Judy's dismay. Role in the film ĭuring Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde's visit to the Zootopia DMV, they enlist Flash's help in tracking down a vehicle. They asked her if she would do two words of dialogue if it was a sloth, and she answered in two to three minutes, "Yes." Roberts jokes, "It was the quickest deal ever made in Hollywood."Īt one point during development, she was married to Flash. This is because when casting director Jamie Sparer Roberts watched an interview with Kristen, she explained her love of sloths and how she had a meltdown of joy about getting to meet a sloth for her birthday. Priscilla is voiced by Kristen Bell, who also voices Anna in Frozen. ![]()
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