Status
Available
Series
Publication
HMH Books for Young Readers (2002), Paperback, 208 pages
Description
A strange friendship develops between a young Chinese refugee who is spending the summer at Green Knowe and a gorilla who has escaped from the London Zoo.
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LibraryThing member phoebesmum
This is an anomaly among the Green Knowe books; it's the only one that contains no magic – in the strictest sense of the word. But it's Lucy Boston and Green Knowe and it has its own special magic in the tale of Ping, a Chinese orphan, and the unlikely bond he forms with Hanno, a runaway gorilla.
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Neither of these characters are exactly what you would expect to find in the heart of the English countryside, and yet Green Knowe takes them both into itself and makes them its own. Show Less
LibraryThing member haniwa
this story is moved me.
ping is very cool. he does'nt like child.
but he meets hannno, and he is changing.
ping is very cool. he does'nt like child.
but he meets hannno, and he is changing.
LibraryThing member chacochan
This is a wonder story. Becausse the ending isn't the ending which I thought, I was very amazed it when I finished reading. I think we cannot say that thing like dhis story will not happen in actuality. I learned we must be kind to every creature even animals. If people and animals exsist together
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more than ever, it will be easier to live in our world. Show Less
LibraryThing member riiiko
Hanno is a gorilla.His parents were killed by hunters,and he was taken a zoo.Then Pig who was mein character met him.
After Hanno had escaped from the zoo,Pig and Hanno met again.they became friends.And Pig want to save Hanno which is in danger.
This story is unbelievable in our ordinary life.But I
After Hanno had escaped from the zoo,Pig and Hanno met again.they became friends.And Pig want to save Hanno which is in danger.
This story is unbelievable in our ordinary life.But I
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enjoyed reading how Pig try to save Hanno. Show Less
LibraryThing member tobacchi
This is touching story of a boy and a gorilla.
Hanno ,whose parents had already been killed met Ping,a boy.
One day Hanno got over a cage of the zoo and ran away into the forest.And Ping tried to help him.But ending was not what I imagined.Maybe your imagining of the ending will be incorrect.
I think
Hanno ,whose parents had already been killed met Ping,a boy.
One day Hanno got over a cage of the zoo and ran away into the forest.And Ping tried to help him.But ending was not what I imagined.Maybe your imagining of the ending will be incorrect.
I think
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if Hanno were an alian,this story would be one like ET,a famous movie. Show Less
LibraryThing member zyabuko
Ping is young chinese boy and his parents were killed.
Hannno is a big gorilla and now he lives in a zoo.
By and by, Hannno escaped from zoo and found his footprint green knowe, where Ping stay there. They had met, andPing had a secret...
This story was totally interesting.But the last of story is a
Anyway, I think Major Blair is bad...
Hannno is a big gorilla and now he lives in a zoo.
By and by, Hannno escaped from zoo and found his footprint green knowe, where Ping stay there. They had met, andPing had a secret...
This story was totally interesting.But the last of story is a
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little sad. Should Ping keep the secret？Anyway, I think Major Blair is bad...
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LibraryThing member miyacham
Ping is a boy who is refugee and lost his parents.
One day he met a gorilla,hanno in a forest near house where he spended holiday.
Hanno escaped from a zoo,and ping tried to help hanno from men with guns.
I felt sad when I read the end of the story.
I thought that Ping and hanno were similar to each
One day he met a gorilla,hanno in a forest near house where he spended holiday.
Hanno escaped from a zoo,and ping tried to help hanno from men with guns.
I felt sad when I read the end of the story.
I thought that Ping and hanno were similar to each
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LibraryThing member mniaknuacat
Ping is a boy,refugee who lives in England.Hanno is gorilla who once lived in a forest,but now in a zoo.
Ping and Hanno was in the same situation.
One day,Ping heard the news that Hanno has escaped from the zoo.
What will happen from now on...?
I was holding my breath in the scene Ping met Hanno at
There is sad scene in this story,and I felt a plick.
Ping and Hanno was in the same situation.
One day,Ping heard the news that Hanno has escaped from the zoo.
What will happen from now on...?
I was holding my breath in the scene Ping met Hanno at
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first in Green Knowe.But I was glad to see that Ping gets along with Hanno.There is sad scene in this story,and I felt a plick.
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LibraryThing member hyji
This is a story a boy and gorilla. A boy brought up in jangle. A gorilla lived in zoo and he escaped. Two met a place where a boy spent his holiday again. But they had to good bye. It moved me.
LibraryThing member VanHalen
When Ping, a ten boy see a big gorilla named Hanno, he was so excited because Hanno was so big and strong. However, he was so sad.
LibraryThing member hanayo
Hanno is a african gorilla.
He lives in the zoo but unhappy.
Ping is a little boy and He is unhappy,too.
They become a friend.
One day Hanno escapes from the zoo with Ping.
They are happy.
But A sad thing happen.
This book is the moved story.
He lives in the zoo but unhappy.
Ping is a little boy and He is unhappy,too.
They become a friend.
One day Hanno escapes from the zoo with Ping.
They are happy.
But A sad thing happen.
This book is the moved story.
LibraryThing member rollchan
This is a book about a boy,Ping who hasn't parents,and a gorilla,Hanno.
LibraryThing member gata
I felt pity for the gorilla. Pople are sefish because they killed familly of the gorilla for making zoo.
LibraryThing member urayan
Ping is a boy who has no parents.
Hanno is an African gorilla that lived in the zoo.
That day, Hanno escaped from zoo.
And Ping met Hanno again.
I think Ping is kind boy because he tried to take care of Hanno.
This is good story about relationship of human and animal.
But I little understood this end of
Hanno is an African gorilla that lived in the zoo.
That day, Hanno escaped from zoo.
And Ping met Hanno again.
I think Ping is kind boy because he tried to take care of Hanno.
This is good story about relationship of human and animal.
But I little understood this end of
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LibraryThing member qoomomo
This story is about Ping, who is a boy and Hanno, who is a gorilla. They were spending similar life which was that they had been alone since they were little.
I think they were like best friend even if they were different creatures. I think animals also have a mind. This is because that I have a
I think they were like best friend even if they were different creatures. I think animals also have a mind. This is because that I have a
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dog, and when I am crying, he walks to me and stares at me. Maybe he is worried about me. So Hanno also has a mind and he likes Ping. I was impressed by this story! Show Less
LibraryThing member ayane123
African gorilla, Hanno, escapes from the zoo to green knowe. Ping, a little chinese boy, find him at green knowe and give foods to him. But people who try to capture or kill Hanno come to there...
I can see some sentences which are written about Hanno's feeling. It is very interesting for me. I
I can see some sentences which are written about Hanno's feeling. It is very interesting for me. I
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couldn't have stopped reading so I have read this at one go. Show Less
LibraryThing member TadAD
My least favorite of the series.
LibraryThing member purin
Ping is a Chinese boy who had his parents killed.
In green knowe, he happened to meet a poor gorilla, Hanno .
Hanno also had parents killed and escaped from zoo.
But people were trying capture or kill Hanno ...
This book was not hard to read. And it was worth reading.
I was moved by Ping who has a hot
I learned from this book that human and animal can relate each other well.
In green knowe, he happened to meet a poor gorilla, Hanno .
Hanno also had parents killed and escaped from zoo.
But people were trying capture or kill Hanno ...
This book was not hard to read. And it was worth reading.
I was moved by Ping who has a hot
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heart though he has a sad past.I learned from this book that human and animal can relate each other well.
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LibraryThing member toppo
Chinese living in Britain as a refugee Ping, and he met at a zoo gorilla named Hanno.
He superimposed his predicament and the gorilla, look in the cage.
He has to Share in his summer vacation because he knows that Hanno fled to the zoo.
First ,I thought happy story,but this book is not so happy.
I was
I think Old woman in GREEN KNOWE,she is sitting her belly,and a nice lady.
He superimposed his predicament and the gorilla, look in the cage.
He has to Share in his summer vacation because he knows that Hanno fled to the zoo.
First ,I thought happy story,but this book is not so happy.
I was
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very sad after reading this book.I think Old woman in GREEN KNOWE,she is sitting her belly,and a nice lady.
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LibraryThing member chi-
One day, a little Chinese boy, Ping, met a big black gorilla named Hanno.
Hanno was from African Congo in a zoo in London.
When Hanno escaped from the zoo, and Ping felt that it's a good news.
Because he thought they are in the same situation.
At first,I thought it would be a happy story ,but it was
The story told me that animals have human feelings and human could be good friend with animals.I
Hanno was from African Congo in a zoo in London.
When Hanno escaped from the zoo, and Ping felt that it's a good news.
Because he thought they are in the same situation.
At first,I thought it would be a happy story ,but it was
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unhappy and sad story.The story told me that animals have human feelings and human could be good friend with animals.I
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LibraryThing member mojocoxama
This book's main character is Ping who is a Chines boy. He is alone because he has no family. One day, he met a big gorilla, Hanno in the zoo. In my surprised, he understood Hanno's feeling. They became like a vest friends. However, a sad accident happened... I was so impressed by this story. I
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thought, the animals have a mind like a human. This book taught me something important. I reccommend you this book. Show Less
LibraryThing member gyaaa
Ping is a and lives in a Hostel for Displaced Children. He sees Hanno, a big and black gorilla, in the zoo, and he is unhappy to see animals caged. He comes to spend his holiday at Green Knowe. And Hanno escapes from the zoo...
I like this story very much. In the woods, Ping tries to make Hanno live
I like this story very much. In the woods, Ping tries to make Hanno live
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there, and be free, because Ping also lives in "a cage," and I felt his kindness. At last, Hanno comes to stay in the woods forever, and it makes me little sad. Show Less
LibraryThing member xoxpxq
Ping who doesn't have his parents met Hanno, a gorilla that his family was killed, in the zoo. Ping could have a holiday in Green Knowe thank for Ida's proposal.One day Hanno escaped from the zoo, and Ping felt that it's a good news. What will happen Ping and Hannno?
I feel this book end is a rapid
I feel this book end is a rapid
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development but I like this story about two of a kind. I believe that people reach out to animals is possible so Hanno's act impressed me deeply. This book gives us the opportunity to think about relationship between human and animals. Show Less
LibraryThing member nolen111
One day, a little Chinese boy, Ping, met a big black gorilla named Hanno from African Congo in a zoo in London. Ping was lonely refugee, so he understood Hanno's feelings easily and got attracted to that strong animai very strongly. Then, on his way to Green Knowe for the summer holiday, he got a
After reading, at first I thought that perhaps Hanno may have got happy in the zoo by getting his partner or children if he had decided to go back to the zoo soon. But, now I think his decision wasn't wrong because the cage with the floor made of concrete was so far from his home that it wouldn't be his "home" definitely. Though family or friends are one of the most precious factors for a happy life, "home" is more so because it never leaves us. Ping of refugee had known that so much, so he accepted his friend's decision quietly in spite that at the same time he caught the sight of the words "Good bye." , I think.
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news that Hanno escaped from the zoo.After reading, at first I thought that perhaps Hanno may have got happy in the zoo by getting his partner or children if he had decided to go back to the zoo soon. But, now I think his decision wasn't wrong because the cage with the floor made of concrete was so far from his home that it wouldn't be his "home" definitely. Though family or friends are one of the most precious factors for a happy life, "home" is more so because it never leaves us. Ping of refugee had known that so much, so he accepted his friend's decision quietly in spite that at the same time he caught the sight of the words "Good bye." , I think.
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Subjects
Awards
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 1961)
Notable Children's Book (1961)
Language
Original publication date
1961
Physical description
208 p.; 5 inches
ISBN
0152025898 / 9780152025892