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| View Larger Image | But Not the Hippopotamus
by Sandra Boynton
| | List Price: | $5.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 4719 | | Studio: | Little Simon | | | Binding: | Board book | | Reading Level: | Baby-Preschool | | Number Of Pages: | 14 | | Publication Date: | November 30, 1982 | | Publisher: | Little Simon |
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Product Description
Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 75 reviews)
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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.
September 04, 2008 | |
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.
August 10, 2008 | |
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.
July 21, 2008 | |
Not a good message about self esteem 
I love Sandra Boynton books. We have many and I want the rest but I just don't care for this book. Either I totally missed the point or she's sending the wrong message here. The hippo is left out of fun things time and time again then when the gang finally thinks to invite the hippo he only hesitates for a moment then runs to join the gang. The gang are inconsiderate fake friends. The hippo does not need fake friends and I will not encourage my child to join other kids that usually leave him out.
May 08, 2008 | |
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.
April 10, 2008 | |
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