The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Banks, Kate

The Turtle and the Hippopotamus

32 pp. | Farrar/Foster | May, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-374-37885-1 $$16.50

(3) PS Illustrated by Tomek Bogacki. In the author and artist's second rebus book, icons replace one or two words in each sentence and are defined in a picture-glossary at the bottom of the page. The text is scattered in segments across the illustrations and can be difficult to follow. That said, the story (about a turtle afraid to cross the river because of a big hippo in the middle) is sweet and funny, and the softly colored paintings are simply beautiful.

Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2002