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July 18, 2007/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
BfK Rating:
BfK 165 July 2007
Reviewer: Gwynneth Bailey
ISBN: 978-1862336209
Price: £10.99
Publisher: Gullane Children's Books
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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You Won't Shift a Hippo

Author: Michael CatchpoolIllustrator: Rosalind Beardshaw

Bright and engaging pictures work well in this modern fable. Good use is made of different sizes of font, with important phrases set in bold. A great kerfuffle kicks up in the jungle. Lion, monkey and bristly warthog want to cross the bridge over the river. But hippo is sprawled across it, fast asleep. ‘You won’t shift a hippo  if it don’t want to go!’ squawks parrot. The king of the jungle tries  ordering the hippo to move, next they try pushing him. The fun really begins when warthog suggests  bouncing him off the bridge. The humorous illustrations deftly show lion and friends counterbalancing hippo. ‘Up, Up, Up…Down, Down, Down.’Inevitably, whilst hippo lands safely back on the bridge, the four friends end up in the water. Who can persuade hippo to move? It is little mouse, who knows a thing or two, who provides the solution. Whilst reminding us of good manners, the story reinforces the importance of perseverance.

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