LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
The rhyming text full of creative vocabulary brings fast and funny jokes in this romp of a story about a hippo with a glowing red spot right on his bottom.
All the animals come up with wise diagnoses of the cause of the unsightly spot. Measles says Weasel, Hippopox says Fox, Hippolumps says Lion and all advocate ambitious but unscientific cures. But nothing moves that bright red spot! Until a little boy comes along searching for his missing bubble gum.
A fabulous ending to a great story by the best selling picture book partnership of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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Hippospotamus Synopsis
Ridiculously hilarious Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross's classic laugh-out-loud take, shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award.
Hippopotamus had a spotamus . . . on her bottomus! It's Measles! said Weasel. It's Hippopox! said Fox. It's Jungle Fever! said Beaver. But the spot on Hippo's bottomus was not a diseasel, not even a spotamus but something quite silly . . .
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9781849394161 |
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7th March 2013 |
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Jeanne Willis |
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Tony Ross |
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Andersen Press Ltd |
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Paperback |
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28 pages |
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Press Reviews
Jeanne Willis Press Reviews
'The rhyming has vim and is great to read aloud' - Guardian
'A cracker of a story told with flair and invention . . . Excellent jokes abound' - Julia Eccleshare, LoveReading 'Book of the Month'
'Especially fun to read aloud' - Children's Books Ireland, Inis
'Wonderful . . . the pace is fast and uplifting. The illustrations in this gorgeous book are bright and comical.' - We Love This Book
'A wonderful read-aloud, one that small children ITCH to get their hands on, to try for themselves . . . get the book asap!' - Books for Keeps
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About Jeanne Willis
Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She wrote her first book when she was five - a slim volume about cats written in pencil and stitched together with a painfully blunt needle so that it looked like a 'real' book. After that, there was no turning back. Having been fired from her Saturday job - selling cowboy boots on the Kings Road - for chewing gum, and after a brief career as a reptile vet's assistant, she worked as a copywriter and had her first picture book published at the age of 21 (which she wrote whilst pretending to be busy creating adverts for cognac).
She has since written over 300 books and has won several awards, which are arranged in the attic where she works, along with her collection of caterpillars, pink-toed tarantula skins and live locusts. Jeanne has a keen interest in Natural History and has lost count of the number of species featured in her books, including everything from slugs to sloths. She is currently into corvids - especially Nosy Crows.
Jeanne has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize for Tadpole's Promise, the Nasen Special Needs Award for Susan Laughs, the Sheffield Children's Book Award for Who’s in The Loo and the Red House Children's Book Award for Bottoms Up. Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle.
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