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Deep in the middle of Africa, at the river’s edge where the hippos live, life is pleasant. The big hippos like to relax at the beach, while the little hippos love diving. Mrs. Hippopotamus enjoys having quiet time all to herself, especially when bathing. She even has her beach, where she takes a bath in peace. But then a monkey shows up and disturbs her solitude. What is Mrs. Hippopotamus to do? She comes up with a fantastic solution, one, as it turns out, that all the hippos like.
With her warm, winsome ink-and-watercolor pictures and simple text, Lena Landström has once again created a charming tale about the pleasure of finding time alone.
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LENA LANDSTRÖM, together with her husband, Olof, has created the Will series, the much-loved Boo and Baa books, and Four Hens and a Rooster, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. She is also the author and illustrator of two other hippo stories, The Little Hippos’ Adventure and The New Hippos. She lives in Sweden.
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A group of hippos live in huts along a river. Most of them enjoy relaxing in the warm water together, but Mrs. Hippopotamus lives slightly apart, preferring her set routine and the solitude of her own little muddy beach. A bit flustered when a monkey starts fishing nearby, she constructs a bathhouse to ensure her privacy. Soon all the hippos gather to watch their little ones dive from the new bathhouse. Walking to the now-deserted big beach for a solitary bath, she notices that the baby hippos have no place to dive and vows to build them a diving board the next day. This quiet picture book manages to convey a wide range of human emotions through its hippo heroine. Translated from the Swedish, the text is simple, and Landstrom's paintings create a pleasing setting and expressive characters with a minimum of fuss. A welcome addition to this series of understated picture books that includes The Little Hippos' Adventure(2002) and The New Hippos(2003). Carolyn Phelan
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- PublisherR & S Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 9129666031
- ISBN 13 9789129666038
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
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