What Kind of Shoes Does a Hippopotamus Choose?

What Kind of Shoes Does a Hippopotamus Choose?

by Kat Maconie and Sebastien Braun
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 05/08/2025

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From award-winning shoe designer Kat Maconie comes a rollicking rhyming tale about many critters and the numerous shoes they wear.


Everyone knows that gators love waders

for splishing and splashing around.

While up on the docks you'll find spiky-toothed crocs

in stilettos for going to town.


But what kind of shoes does a hippopotamus choose?


This gorgeously witty picture book will delight and entertain readers of all ages. Readers will love calling out the cats in smart ballet flats, the bears wearing boat shoes, donkeys in mules embellished with jewels, and many, many more. With stunning illustrations by Sebastien Braun, What Kind of Shoes Does a Hippopotamus Choose? will be a book destined to be picked up and read over and over again.


Praise for What Kind of Shoes Does a Hippopotamus Choose?:


"Maconie's rhyming verse laces up silly, satisfying and surprising." -- The Washington Post


"Entertaining, silly, and stylish fun." --Kirkus Reviews

ISBN:
9780593692790
9780593692790
Category:
Animal stories (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo - Fixed Layout), Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
05-08-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Young Readers Group
Sebastien Braun

Sebastien Braun was born in Strasbourg, the hometown of Gustav Dore and Tomi Ungerer (his heroes). As a child he spent countless hours drawing, but at secondary school there were no art classes, so he filled his homework with doodles and portraits of his teachers.

At university he initially studied history - fortunately, the building was shared with the art department, and when he saw the students sketching, knew he had to change.

After that, he spent a few years teaching applied art to sixth formers, before taking the plunge as a freelance illustrator. His first commissions were for magazines in Paris, and when he moved to London, he developed his portfolio for children's books.

Apart from creating pictures, Seb's favourite pastimes are making toys from wood, playing with his children and climbing the Cotswold hills on his vintage road bike.

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