Hide-and-seek with little hippo
Count 1, 2, 3 as Little Hippo looks for a place to hide. His game of hide-and-seek leads him to his bath, where he, in turn, will have to look for his friend the butterfly. Part of the First Steps in Art series, this colorful tale introduces toddlers to fine art and features a bright-blue Egyptian hippopotamus figurine from the Louvre Museum. Can you find him hiding along the banks of the Nile in the golden sands and cool blue waters?
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Art > Juvenile fiction. |
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Board books. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780764361111
- Physical Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.
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General Note: | On board pages. |
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School Library Journal Review
Hide-And-Seek with Little Hippo
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PreS-K--Designed as a marvelous introduction to fine art, this book brings a blue Egyptian hippopotamus figurine to life as a baby hippo playing hide-and-seek with a butterfly. Heavy lines modeled after Ancient Egyptian artwork and glowing colors fill Little Hippo's merry game that readers can join as he camouflages within his habitat.
Kirkus Review
Hide-And-Seek with Little Hippo
Kirkus Reviews
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A baby hippo, based on the ancient Egyptian figurine from the Louvre Museum, plays hide-and-seek with a butterfly in this French import. The titular calf, with bright blue skin and darker blue markings painted on its body, counts to three to find a spot to hide. Subsequent spreads find the hippo, chameleonlike, adopting the color and texture of yellow sand, red bricks, and green grass. When his mommy, a larger hippo with similar markings, calls him for a bath, the butterfly finds him. Now the butterfly, which is also bright blue, hides in plain sight against the baby hippo's markings. Simultaneously publishing in the First Steps in Art series, Antoinette the Tree Frog, also by Elschner but illustrated by Xavière Devos, depicts a frog wearing an old-fashioned bathing costume in artist Claude Monet's lily pond. A gust of wind carries off Mr. Claude's straw hat, which Antoinette finds and takes a nap in. The droll narratives are simply told, and the illustrations loosely and effectively evoke the art style each uses as an inspiration. The backmatter of both books describes a bit about the artistic influences and where museum visitors can see the originals. On the back of each book, a reproduction of the original artwork appears. A playful, child-friendly introduction to a well-known work of art. (Board book. 1-3) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.