Little Hippo
Little Hippo
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Little Hippo

Written by Julie Abery & illustrated by Suzie Mason
Part of the Little Animal Friends Book Series
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0 - 3
Reading age
20
Page count
Feb 25, 2020
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Rhythmic text and great vocab present an ever-loving mother and sulky child.

Little Hippo’s day begins stretched out in the grass, enjoying a lazy summer morning. Then, much like a human child, Little Hippo goes off in search of someone to play with and ends up falling behind the herd. Unfortunately for Little Hippo, he becomes an attraction for more and more red-billed birds and soon is covered in them. This proves to be more than Little Hippo can handle, and Mama Hippo comes to the rescue, shooing the birds away. A little solo time—complete with sulking—follows the incident, but Mama is right there to cheer Little Hippo up again. While the story is quite substantial for a board book and may feel familiar to many parents of toddlers, the messages are of differing desirability; the themes of a mother’s love and care are sweet and endearing but a child’s disobedience and sulking engendering no consequences are less so. The cadence of the text is soothing and rhythmic, and Abery’s excellent word choice is sure to expand young readers’ vocabulary (e.g., “hustling,” “bustling,” “nuzzling”). The illustrations are matched well to the text, and while otherwise not particularly noteworthy, do effectively convey the childlike emotions of Little Hippo.

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Book Details

ISBN
9781681525631
Publication Date
February 25, 2020
Publisher
Amicus Ink
Page Count
20
Audience
Board
Reading Age
0 - 3 years

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