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Summary: Her top favorite
Review: My 3 year old thinks this is by far the most hilarious book ever written. Next to Red Hat, Blue Hat it is her favorite Boynton book. We sing the line "But not the hippopotamus" in an opera voice and that seems to do the trick for making it fun!
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Summary: the only Boynton book I didn't love
Review: My daughters don't care much for this book either, but they love all the rest of her books. This one just doesn't sit well with me- I don't really like the tacit encouragement of leaving someone out.
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Summary: Fun and Interesting!
Review: My husband and I started reading to our baby in utero, and this is one of the books we read all of the time because we liked the rhyme and "flow" of it. The sheer silliness is great too. The first time I read it to my daughter after she was born, I swear she recognized it! Her little feet started going crazy. She is 3 1/2 months old now, and loves this book even more. If I am reading it to her and have to pause for any reason, she gets very upset until I start again. She is even learning to help me "turn" the pages. We have the board book which is wonderful because it is virtually indestructable.
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Summary: Fun and Interesting!
Review: My husband and I started reading to our baby in utero, and this is one of the books we read all of the time because we liked the rhyme and "flow" of it. The sheer silliness is great too. The first time I read it to my daughter after she was born, I swear she recognized it! Her little feet started going crazy. She is 3 1/2 months old now, and loves this book even more. If I am reading it to her and have to pause for any reason, she gets very upset until I start again. She is even learning to help me "turn" the pages. We have the board book which is wonderful because it is virtually indestructable.
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Summary: But not the hippopotamus
Review: My nearly 3-year-old loves, loves, loves this book. Heck, her nearly 35-year-old mother does, too! Although she doesn't know how to read, per se, she has quickly memorized the book. So she now wants to read it to me. She turns the pages and tells me what's going on and loves saying, "but not the hippopotamus." And when the hippo finally gets with the program, she giggles to no end that the armadillo is now the hippo. I also bought the Going to Bed Book and Moo, Baa, La La La at the same time. They all get a nightly read.
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Summary: parents will enjoy reading this one too
Review: Not your typical board book that's more of a bored book. Funny plot and ending. Great drawings if you like her style, and my daughter loves the colors.
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Summary: WON-DER-FUL!
Review: People always say that their "babies" love this book, but my very "big" 3-year-old is crazy about this one. We always whisper the line "But not the Hippopotamus."
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Summary: Move over Turkey, it's the Hippo's turn.
Review: Sandra Boynton has created a lot of lovable animals in her books. It is usually the Turkey who gets things wrong or is left out. In this book there are no turkeys."A cat and two rats are buying new hats. But not the hippopotamus." That sets the feel for this story of the lonely hippo who seems to be left out of all of the fun. But not all is as dark as it seems and there is even a very funny twist at the end. I have shown this book to a lot of adults and they all have enjoyed it and found it funny. A good book about not seeming to fit in. Hint: Like with many Boynton books, read the dedication at the front, it's funny.
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Summary: Move over Turkey, it's the Hippo's turn.
Review: Sandra Boynton has created a lot of lovable animals in her books. It is usually the Turkey who gets things wrong or is left out. In this book there are no turkeys. "A cat and two rats are buying new hats. But not the hippopotamus." That sets the feel for this story of the lonely hippo who seems to be left out of all of the fun. But not all is as dark as it seems and there is even a very funny twist at the end. I have shown this book to a lot of adults and they all have enjoyed it and found it funny. A good book about not seeming to fit in. Hint: Like with many Boynton books, read the dedication at the front, it's funny.
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Summary: a family favorite
Review: Sandra Boynton is an absolute genius with words and pictures. Seriously! BUT NOT THE HIPPOPOTAMUS is one of the cleverest -- driest -- most delightful of all of her board books for wee ones. All four of my children absolutely loved it. You should hear my husband read it out loud. No, really. He's a master at Boynton-out-loud reading. One disappointment of this newer edition of the book is that the language has been a bit "dumbed down." The first page of the original edition reads, "A hog and a frog cavort in a bog." I suppose Ms. Boynton's editors figured that a lot of people don't know what the word "cavort" means. Well, they won't know, will they, if editors remove words like that from books?? At any rate, I highly recommend this -- and any -- Sandra Boynton board book for your toddler or preschooler. They are, each and every one of them, a refreshing move away from the cloying, poorly written, overly-cutesy garbage that is littering the bookshelves these days. Trust me -- you and your child will BOTH be delighted by this book!
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