A Hippo in Our Yard

Reviewed by: Kristin Taylor - Biddeford High School, Biddeford, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 12, 2017

Review

What a great story time book! Sally tries to let her mother know that there is a hippo in the backyard, but Mom is too busy to go look and see. So when Sally goes to feed the hippo some lettuce, she than notices a tiger in the tree -- you know where this is going from here! But, in the end Sally triumphs with the classic "I told you so!" Well written with simple and clear text. Sally's is marked in red and her family's in black. The illustrations are done by the author in a very simple water-color cartoon style that compliments the story extremely well.

Recommended for PreK to 1st grade. Would be really fun to have different readers to read the parts of Sally and her family.

Overall Book Score: excellent