The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

London, Jonathan

Here Comes Doctor Hippo

32 pp. | Boyds | September, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59078-851-6 $15.95

(3) PS Little Hippo Story series. Illustrated by Gilles Eduar. Little Hippo likes to pretend and one day decides to play doctor. With medical kit in hand, he examines Big Hippo, Laughing Hyena, Lion, and other African animals with questionable diagnoses (stinky breath, ticklish feet, loud roar). Back home, Hippo's nurturing mother revives his spirits with her own medicine--a bath and reassuring conversation. Warm-toned illustrations picture the simple, satisfying adventure.

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty