JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes/Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance The Gorilla Picked Me! is about little Olive who felt ordinary, always picked last for teams at recess and never a valentine placed on her desk. Until one day at a dance with her daddy she is picked from the crowd by the dancing gorilla. It is at that moment that Olive realizes -she is not ordinary!This fun and sentimental story shows how one small single act of love can have a big impact. There is a mystery in the story. Children love finding clues as to who is in the gorilla suit? Enjoy picking out the clues in this unique, rhyming picture book. Ages 4 to 8