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Eleanor the Hippo Learns to Tell the Truth
Andy McGuire, the creator of Remy the Rhino Learns Patience and A Special Fish for J onah, releases a new book for kids ages 3-8 about Eleanor, a young hippo with a knack for telling a pack of lies. This delightful story combined with captivating art illustrates how gossip is hurtful and why honesty frees us to be ourselves and to love others like God does. When animals of the village gather round, Eleanor weaves tales about others.
She thought that she was having fun
But lies can often hurt someone.
She'd say, "You know that bat named Clark?
Can you believe he's afraid of the dark?" When Eleanor has an encounter with a spider, she screams with fear, and the truth becomes Eleanor tells lies to make herself look better! This tale will entertain kids and the adults who share this lesson of integrity and kindness with them.
She thought that she was having fun
But lies can often hurt someone.
She'd say, "You know that bat named Clark?
Can you believe he's afraid of the dark?" When Eleanor has an encounter with a spider, she screams with fear, and the truth becomes Eleanor tells lies to make herself look better! This tale will entertain kids and the adults who share this lesson of integrity and kindness with them.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2011
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May 17, 2012
I have in my hands a delightful book for children ages 3 - 8. Beautifully illustrated with whimsical, yet realistic, animals in soft, non-threatening colors. Eleanor the Hippo Learns to Tell the Truth is about a young hippo "girl" who has a real problem telling tall tales about other animals, and about the truth and how not telling the truth hurts.
Written in loosely structured rhyme, it quickly captures the attention of the young child. The rhyming nature of the story helps a child to learn words easily and helps to imprint the story more firmly into their young minds. Example:
It's fine to have a conversation
Full of honest information,
But sadly what she'd sometimes do
Is tell a tale that wasn't true.
So off she went on trembly knees
Working through some strategies,
Eleanor is a gossip and she exaggerates. She tells tall tales that she makes up about others. In other words she has trouble with telling the truth. So one time she tells a lie and it backfires and she learns her lesson.
Valuable lessons can be learned by the young child as they learn that Eleanor has to overcome the trouble of her tall tale telling tongue. I recommend this lovely book for school and preschool libraries, homes with young children, and church libraries.
About the author / illustrator: Andy McGuire is a writer, illustrator, and editor. He started drawing animals and people at a very young age and in elementary school would charge fifty cents to do portraits of his classmates. Since then his prices have gone up, but not much. Andy lives in Minnesota with his wife, Becky, and their two children, Charlie and Jane.
ISBN: 9780736926652
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
I was given a copy of Eleanor the Hippo Learns to Tell the Truth by Harvest House Publishers in exchange for my honest review and opinion.
Written in loosely structured rhyme, it quickly captures the attention of the young child. The rhyming nature of the story helps a child to learn words easily and helps to imprint the story more firmly into their young minds. Example:
It's fine to have a conversation
Full of honest information,
But sadly what she'd sometimes do
Is tell a tale that wasn't true.
So off she went on trembly knees
Working through some strategies,
Eleanor is a gossip and she exaggerates. She tells tall tales that she makes up about others. In other words she has trouble with telling the truth. So one time she tells a lie and it backfires and she learns her lesson.
Valuable lessons can be learned by the young child as they learn that Eleanor has to overcome the trouble of her tall tale telling tongue. I recommend this lovely book for school and preschool libraries, homes with young children, and church libraries.
About the author / illustrator: Andy McGuire is a writer, illustrator, and editor. He started drawing animals and people at a very young age and in elementary school would charge fifty cents to do portraits of his classmates. Since then his prices have gone up, but not much. Andy lives in Minnesota with his wife, Becky, and their two children, Charlie and Jane.
ISBN: 9780736926652
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
I was given a copy of Eleanor the Hippo Learns to Tell the Truth by Harvest House Publishers in exchange for my honest review and opinion.
February 17, 2011
Title: ELEANOR THE HIPPO LEARNS TO TELL THE TRUTH
Written and Illustrated by: Andy McGuire
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
February 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8369-2665-2
Genre: Inspirational/childrens
Eleanor hippo loves to talk—but unfortunately not everything that she says is true. She gossips about everyone in her kingdom, but rarely is anything she says true. She thinks that everything is fine until a band of zebras come to town.
The zebras are entertained by Eleanor’s lies, until Eleanor goes too far and lies about the local king. When the king summons Eleanor to a private conference, something happens that reveals the truth to everyone around.
ELEANOR THE HIPPO LEARNS TO TELL THE TRUTH is an adorable rhyming book that will help to teach your child about lying and how that lies will be discovered and you’ll get in trouble for them. It also stresses how telling the truth is also more fun than lies.
My two little girls were completely fascinated by this tale, and my five-year-old wanted it read over and over. I enjoyed the lesson that the book included.
Filled with colorful illustrations, and a tale that rhymed, this book will hold your child’s attention for multiple readings. It might even become a new favorite. I highly recommend ELEANOR THE HIPPO LEARNS TO TELL THE TRUTH. Published in an attractive hard cover, gift book format, this is a book to give to your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews. $12.99. 33 pages.
Written and Illustrated by: Andy McGuire
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
February 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8369-2665-2
Genre: Inspirational/childrens
Eleanor hippo loves to talk—but unfortunately not everything that she says is true. She gossips about everyone in her kingdom, but rarely is anything she says true. She thinks that everything is fine until a band of zebras come to town.
The zebras are entertained by Eleanor’s lies, until Eleanor goes too far and lies about the local king. When the king summons Eleanor to a private conference, something happens that reveals the truth to everyone around.
ELEANOR THE HIPPO LEARNS TO TELL THE TRUTH is an adorable rhyming book that will help to teach your child about lying and how that lies will be discovered and you’ll get in trouble for them. It also stresses how telling the truth is also more fun than lies.
My two little girls were completely fascinated by this tale, and my five-year-old wanted it read over and over. I enjoyed the lesson that the book included.
Filled with colorful illustrations, and a tale that rhymed, this book will hold your child’s attention for multiple readings. It might even become a new favorite. I highly recommend ELEANOR THE HIPPO LEARNS TO TELL THE TRUTH. Published in an attractive hard cover, gift book format, this is a book to give to your children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews. $12.99. 33 pages.
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