Eveyone loves little gorilla. Then, he grows up, and everyone still loves him.
I see something happen to boys when they develop into men. Without stong, kind male role models, I see young men unconciously emasculate themselves, in order to not alienate women, or not be a "typical male." One young man I know actually crosses his feet in front of himself in a very weak stance every time he puts forth an idea. He also finds it hard to trust his own judgement, and was asking me a bizillion unnecessary questions, until he realized he was doing it, and is trying to be more self-directed.
I once knew a young man who told me he was raised in a lesbian community, and was adored by all those around him, until he began to resemble a man, and he suddenly felt "tossed aside," like he was a threat, or not wothy of the affection he'd been showered with as a child.
Reading Little Gorilla to my baby son, I know he'd rather eat the book than finish the story. But I want to finish the book out loud, so the men around me, especially my husband, can absorb the story, like a poetic balm for their inner boy.