Rhinos Who Surf

by Julie Mammano

Surfing is an exciting pastime with a lingo and a look all of its ownand it becomes even more fun when three radical rhinos take to the waves. This hilarious look at the sport will delight readers of every age. The brilliant watercolor illustrations bring alive the thrill of shredding mondo waves, carving up the face, and finally, riding the last wave into bedtime. Young children will especially love hearing this book read aloud and looking at the colorful and way-cool pictures.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I never expected to find rhinos surfing, but really cute with surfer terminology. I like the way the illustrator did the waves and water. The texture is so cool. The font is amazing in the shape of waves. Really neat.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lot's o good vocab in this one.

[BiblioBeruthiel · Rating 2 out of 5]

hardcore on the surfer lingo. I'm going to try it in ST but I'm not sure it'll play.

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weird surfing vocabulary

[Sandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The surfer slang is interesting, but the story just did not appeal to my child.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rhinos Who Surf (Rhino Adventures) by Julie Mammano is a look at three rhinos who love to surf, incorporating tons of surfing vocabulary.

Three rhinos who surf get up early, drive to the beach, wax their boards and paddle out to enjoy mondo waves. They shred, drop in, and slash the lip. They pull killer aerials. They wipe out and are thrashed in the rinse cycle. After surfing all day they are totally amped. At home they dream of more excellent and awesome surf.

The enthusiastic text in a bold font uses lots of surfing terms and a glossary in the back clearly defines them all. Key terms are in extra large bold text. Much of the text placement echoes the wave action.

Mammano's bright watercolor illustrations amp up the action and slam the reader right into the story. My favorite images include rhinos grabbing their boards from their bedroom, hopping into the car, pulling a killer aerial, being thrashed in the rinse cycle, surfing until sunset, and dreaming about surfing again.

This is part of a series of sports related books including Rhinos Who Rescue and Rhinos Who Snowboard. The story is mostly all action but is still a quick, entertaining read.

For ages 4 to 7, surfing, surfing vocabulary, sports fans, rhinoceros, beach, and fans of Julie Mammano.

[Barbara]

Julie Mammano storytime today. Cute, fun books. Great pix. Mammano really immerses herself in the language of the individual subjects of the books. We read Rhinos Who ... Surf, Rescue, and Snowboard. Love the glossary in the back.

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom bought this for my son for Christmas. It is pretty cute. Fun illustrations and a quick easy read before bedtime!

[Dylan Reisz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Learned a lot of surf lingo. The pictures were colorful, too.

[Skylar Burris · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you really need to teach your child surf slang, this is the book to do it, but otherwise it's a pretty lame book.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I kept wondering when they were going to invade Celesteville. I bet Babar would never see a surf attack coming.

[Lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a cute book, my daughter loves it and wants me to read it again!

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

liked the artwork and the way of portraying the waves with different designs

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story of rhinos who like to go surfing. The book is mainly just about surfing slang.

Illustrations are okay.

[Nasser Alyafiee · Rating 5 out of 5]

read for my children