Simplicity at its best is manifested in this picture book. The contrasting beauties of nature mingle with the imagination of author and illustrator and create a story children won’t forget easily. The happy banana changes the life of a gorilla and shows him another way of life. Others badger the Gorilla because of his affections towards a banana and they are forced to leave that part of the jungle, in search for peace and quiet. They are united with another Gorilla, who has a smiling apple friend. The main message of the book is what has caused struggle and frustration for many: Change, and the acceptance that change is necessary and most likely, fruitful, in every aspect of the word!

Hamid Reza Shahabadi, the Iranian talented researcher and writer, is educated in history. His main concern is retelling some social incidents of his country contemporary history in the form of the story. He began his profession as a writer by writing stories for children and adolescents. Hamid Reza Shahabadi in the thirty-year period of his writing created about 20 works that some of them has been praised and appreciated in many cultural and literary festivals and circles in Iran.