Here Comes Doctor Hippo (A Little Hippo Story)
by Jonathan London (Author) Gilles Eduar (Illustrator)
Little Hippo loves to pretend, and today he is playing a doctor. He tries to examine Big Hippo, Very Tall Giraffe, Giant Crocodile, Elephant, and other patients. But not everyone plays the way Doctor Hippo expected. Especially not Lion. Lion does not want to play Doctor Hippo's game. When he lets out a huge roar, the little doctor races home to find that Mama Hippo's medicine is the best of all. Jonathan London's reassuring story is perfectly matched by Gilles Eduar's warm and whimsical illustrations.
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The cartoonlike illustrations are done in gouache and nicely complement the simple text. Children will relate to the feeling of being lost in a big person's world, and they will enjoy joining in to snap, sneeze, and roar with each animal that Little Hippo meets. A humorous addition for storytimes about mother-child relationships, animals, or imagination.
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Brazilian illustrator (Gilles) Eduar has an expressive, clear-line style and a quirky palette (palm trees come in a variety of shades); it's a whimsical counterpoint to London's matter-of-fact prose... if the reading prescription calls for sweet and simple, especially at bedtime, this may prove... effective.
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Jonathan London
Jonathan London has written many books about his most popular character, Froggy. Jonathan also writes novels and poetry, as well as other picture books. He lives in Graton, California. Follow him at jonathan-london.net. Frank Remkiewicz has illustrated all the Froggy books, as well as many other children's books. He has also created art for posters and greeting cards. He lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida. For more about Froggy, visit: www.penguin.com/froggy
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781620915950
Lexile Measure
490
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Astra Young Readers
Publication date
September 20, 2013
Series
Little Hippo
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV002330 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Hippos & Rhinos
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV002330 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Hippos & Rhinos
Library of Congress categories
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