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The New Hippos
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Product Description
Something unusual has happened at the river’s edge where the hippos live – two new hippos have arrived! They like the beach, all the space, and the diving board. But it’s not easy being the new arrivals. All day the new little hippo watches the other hippo kids play in the water, but she’s not allowed to join in their games. Meanwhile, the new hippo mama struggles with building a hut, while the adult hippos watch dubiously. And then one day the new hippos disappear, and it’s up to the little hippos to find them.
With her warm, winsome ink-and-watercolor pictures, Lena Landström has created an original and sweet story about accepting new neighbors.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1511245 in Books
- Published on: 2003-04-07
- Original language: Swedish
- Binding: Hardcover
- 32 pages
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-The arrival of a new hippo and her baby has disturbed the equilibrium of the riverbank and worked the longtime residents into a tizzy. The delightful threesome introduced in The Little Hippos' Adventure (R & S, 2002) consider the new youngster too little to use their diving board until he sneaks out and shows what he can do. Soon all of the little hippos are happily doing Olympic-caliber dives and flips. Mama hippo constructs a hut in a style different from the dwellings of her neighbors who eventually decide they like her design (and her). When the newcomers disappear one day, the little hippos bravely mount a search party to look for them, past menacing crocodiles and into the Dark Cave, with no luck. When the missing animals arrive back at the riverbank with jungle fruit for all, they promise to tell the others the next time they go off on their own. It is a sure sign that they are now part of the group. Landstram's pen-and-ink and watercolor pictures done in a shadowy palette of greens and browns effectively capture the emotions and charm of these creatures. A perfect addition for storytimes about moving or fitting in.
Bina Williams, Bridgeport Public Library, CT
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
PreS-Gr. 2. When new neighbors move to the hippos' riverbank, there's a period of adjustment. The little hippos tell the young child that he's too small for diving off their platform, but soon he's teaching them a fancy, somersaulting dive. The big hippos have never seen a hut woven the way the new hippo mama makes hers, but it looks sturdy after she's finished. The end of the book harks back to the beginning, with another hippo family arriving at the riverbank, looking hopefully around. An enjoyable sequel to Landstrom's The Little Hippos' Adventure (2002), this has the same setting, the same tone, and nearly the same cast of beguiling and practically indistinguishable hippos. First published in Sweden, it is a simple, yet satisfying, story that expresses the uneasiness groups and individuals sometimes experience when facing a change. A natural for reading aloud before "the new kid" arrives at school or in the neighborhood. Carolyn Phelan
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Review
" Landström's pen-and-ink and watercolor pictures done in a shadowy palette of greens and borwns effectively capture the emotions and charm of these creatures. A perfect addition for storytime about moving or fitting in." --School Library Journal
