A Hippo's Tale

by Lena Landström

Mrs. Hippopotamus loves the solitude of her little beach at the river's edge, but when a monkey shows up to disturb her solitude, she comes up with a solution to get some peace and quiet that it turns out, all the hippos like.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Lena Landström, born 1943, is a Swedish author of children's books.

Most of her books are written in collaboration with her husband, Olof Landström. Together with Peter Cohen, Lena and Olof started working on cartoons for TV2 in 1972. The films Kalles klätterträd, Farbrorn som inte vill va stor, Magister Flykt och Herr Bohm och sillen have become award-winning classics.

Reviews

[talia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mrs. Hippopotamus loves her privacy. Cute but nothing incredible

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, Mrs. Hippopotamus. You are an introvert. I totally understand how you feel. Alone time is SOOOOOO necessary! In fact, she was much kinder to interlopers into her personal space than I (a fellow introvert) probably would have been. My gratitude to the author for showing that not everyone...even in the animal world...has to be an extrovert.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple story of an introverted hippo who likes her privacy but doesn't freak out when she doesn't get it. Instead, she searches for a way to help others so she can get back her privacy. Good, but not outstanding, my preschool story time kids sat through it well enough but we not wowed.

[Caitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little book about a hippo and her problem solving skills. Very cute illustrations - we enjoyed it very much!

[Aneesa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trying to teach Everly the meaning of "privacy please."

[Jamil · Rating 3 out of 5]

the story's just okay, but i really like this cover, so i'm bumping it up to a 3.

[Josie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Despite the fact that my sister wasn't too fond of this book, I loved it when I read it to her. It had an effect on me like no other story book.

[Tam · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 4-year-old liked this story. As a parent, I thought Mrs Hippopotamus was a bit of a brat.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute little hippo book :) The little one liked it.

[ErinTheLibrarian · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few giggles :)Illustrations are really cute!