But Not the Hippopotamus | 
|  | | | Title: | But Not the Hippopotamus | | Author: | Sandra Boynton | | Publisher: | Little Simon | | Type: | Book / Board book | | Publication Date: | 30 November, 1982 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0671449044 / 9780671449049 | | List Price: | $5.99 | | Amazon Price: | $5.99 | |
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Product Description
This silly, rhyming board book is sure to be a hit with your little one! Author: Sandra Boynton Illustrator: Sandra BoyntonPublisher: Simon & Schuster
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Customer Reviews:
• Not A Good Message About Self Esteem 08 May, 2008
I love Sandra Boynton books. We have many and I want the rest but I just don't care for this book. Either I totally missed the point or she's sending the wrong message here. The hippo is left out of fun things time and time again then when the gang finally thinks to invite the hippo he only hesitates for a moment then runs to join the gang. The gang are inconsiderate fake friends. The hippo does not need fake friends and I will not encourage my child to join other kids that usually leave him out.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AI0KS6TKN9599
• Fun, Along With Encouragement 21 July, 2008
In the spirit of Boynton books, this one lives up to her very good works. We enjoy them just for the fun of reading them... any lesson or encouragement that comes out of them is a plus.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1BM6UT7YJ5E8I
• Buuuuuuut... Yes! The Hippopotamus! (but Not... The Armadillo.) 10 August, 2008
Poor li'l armadillo. *sniff*
There isn't a moral message in this story. A hippo sulks while her friends have fun without her (I always think of the hippo as a girl, anyway) - probably not even noticing that she's there.
This is great for hamming it up, with lots of fake sobs as the story goes on.
Then she is given her metaphorical engraved invitation and is delighted to join in. And now the armadillo is on the sidelines, probably to have his own (armadillo always seemed like a guy to me) happy ending later.
Simple, short story for short kids.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A6HXFDIC7DVTC
• But Not The Hippopotamus 10 April, 2008
This book, like all of Sandra Boynton's books, is funny and fun to read to kids. I think I enjoyed reading this book just as much as the kids I was reading to did. I highly recommend all of Boynton's books to anyone who has a child in their life that they would like to read to.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2126J3S2TQ8W9
• One Of The Better Boynton Books 04 September, 2008
Boynton books have been really hit or miss with us. This is one of the better ones.
My daughter enjoys having it read to her, and we can tolerate reading it. She enjoys the rhyming and the hippo. The thought that the book was sending some kind of negative message never crossed my mind before reading some of the reviews here.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AWNWOMUT9HS2D
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