King Kong

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Anthony Browne, a Hans Christian Andersen Medalist, is the author-illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Silly Billy and Little Beauty.

A god on his island, the enormous gorilla will interact with humans and fall for the beautiful girl, actress Ann Darrow, a blonde sensation looking like Marilyn Monroe. Denham hurls a gas bomb, knocking Kong out, whereupon he exults in the opportunity to take the giant back to New York: "He's always been King of his world.The military dispatches four Curtiss Helldiver biplanes (with Lewis Guns, and Browning M1918s) to destroy Kong. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. In any case, I just adore the original movie which still stands the test of time, so I had to have this in my collection. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

The illustrations are equally large, expressive, and dark - which further add to the grimy atmosphere depicted in the opening images. It’s beautiful and heartbreaking, with stunning art and an ending that will never fail to make me cry. However, the events in between the action scenes focused on some of the not-so-important elements of the story that would generally not interest children. The language use is accurate for the time setting and almost poetic in nature, giving a kind of ‘film noir’ edge to the story.You could quite easily follow the story by images alone but I enjoyed the text and found it accurate. All goes well until photographers, using the blinding flashbulbs of the era, begin snapping shots of Ann and Jack, who is now her fiancé.