But Not the Hippopotamus | Sandra Boynton

But Not the Hippopotamus | Sandra Boynton | One of the better boynton books

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But Not the Hippop...

	But Not the Hippopotamus Sandra Boynton Little Simon, 1982 - 14 pages average customer review:based on 75 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This silly, rhyming board book is sure to be a hit with your little one! Author: Sandra Boynton Illustrator: Sandra BoyntonPublisher: Simon & Schuster

But not the hippopotamus

This book, like all of Sandra Boynton's books, is funny and fun to read to kids. I think I enjoyed reading this book just as much as the kids I was reading to did. I highly recommend all of Boynton's books to anyone who has a child in their life that they would like to read to.

One of the better boynton books

Boynton books have been really hit or miss with us. This is one of the better ones.

My daughter enjoys having it read to her, and we can tolerate reading it. She enjoys the rhyming and the hippo. The thought that the book was sending some kind of negative message never crossed my mind before reading some of the reviews here.

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Fun, along with encouragement

In the spirit of Boynton books, this one lives up to her very good works. We enjoy them just for the fun of reading them... any lesson or encouragement that comes out of them is a plus.

Buuuuuuut... YES! the hippopotamus! (But not... the armadillo.)

Poor li'l armadillo. *sniff*

There isn't a moral message in this story. A hippo sulks while her friends have fun without her (I always think of the hippo as a girl, anyway) - probably not even noticing that she's there.

This is great for hamming it up, with lots of fake sobs as the story goes on.

Then she is given her metaphorical engraved invitation and is delighted to join in. And now the armadillo is on the sidelines, probably to have his own (armadillo always seemed like a guy to me) happy ending later.

Simple, short story for short kids.

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