Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Mouse and Hippo review


Mouse and Hippo

Mouse creates a painting for his new friend Hippo—and Hippo returns the kindness in an unlikely way—in this delightful story about doing your best to make a friend happy!(goodreads summary)



A little mouse finds the perfect rock in a lake to paint a picture.  His painting spot turns out to be a resting hippopotamus when it suddenly moves and tosses him into the water. Unfortunately, Mouse cannot swim but Hippo saves him.  Mouse would like to paint Hippo's portrait as a thank you for rescuing him.  Hippo is so inspired by Mouses artwork that he also wants to paint a portrait of mouse to share with him.  This is a cute and funny story about two very unlikely friends with the appreciation for each others artwork and point-of-view When the characters talk, the text is in different colors differentiating between hippo and mouse speaking.  It is simple and short making for an easy read-aloud. There is also a gentle tone of politeness between the two in conversation as the new pair develop a special friendship. The illustrations help in making their personalities stand out and in the end a bit of problem solving adds to the humor of the story of how things are seen from different perspectives. I think this is a "just right" book for ages 3-6.~


Title:  Mouse and Hippo
Author:  Mike Twohy
Pub. date: February 2017, Simon & Schuster
Genre: picture book
Hardcover, 32 pgs. 
 

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