An enchanting tale by Margaret Mahy about a small, ordinary boy who is followed home by a most extraordinary animal - and that is just the beginning!
Margaret Mahy's classic story about a boy who brings home a hippopotamus quite by accident, illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
'What on earth is that in the goldfish pool?' asked Robert's father.
'It is a hippopotamus, Father,' said Robert.
'Really,' said the father. 'People should keep their hippos chained up and not allow them to go climbing into other people's goldfish pools.'
When a hippo follows him home one day, Robert is pleased - but his parents are not! As more and more hippos crowd into the garden they turn to a witch for help.
Detailed line and pastel drawings by Steven Kellogg, and a deliciously understated text, combine in a very funny picture book by one of New Zealand's finest children's writers.
- ISBN:
- 9780143504375
- 9780143504375
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Category:
- Picture storybooks
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
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03-05-2010
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (NZ)
- Country of origin:
- New Zealand
- Pages:
- 32
- Dimensions (mm):
- 274x215x2mm
- Weight:
- 0.14kg
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