The little hippo A children's book inspired by Egyptian art

Géraldine Elschner

Book - 2014

After sleeping for centuries below the ground, Little Hippo, a blue hippo from ancient Egypt, wakes to find everything changed and goes out in search of his family.

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Genres
Picture books
Published
Munich ; New York : Prestel [2014]
Language
English
French
Main Author
Géraldine Elschner (author)
Other Authors
Anja Klauss (illustrator), Agathe Joly (translator)
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 33 cm
ISBN
9783791371672
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Review by School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 3-Little Hippo begins this tale as one of many blue hippos who call the Nile home. When his friend, an old man named Antef, dies, Little Hippo travels with him to his tomb and rests beside him. When archaeologists discover the tomb centuries later, Little Hippo is frightened and runs away to find his family. This search ultimately brings him to the Louvre, one of many museums that now house his "family" as beautiful relics from Ancient Egypt. Elschner's use of the blue hippo narrative as a mechanism to tie together modern and ancient times rests on the sturdy backbone provided by Klauss's inspired illustrations. The elements of picture and story work together seamlessly, transcending time to bring readers back to the fertile Nile of ancient Egypt. VERDICT This illustrated history of the blue hippos will first appeal to young readers' visual sensibilities, then give way to an appreciation of this art as a gift to be treasured from a culture long past.-Colleen S. Banick, Westport Public Schools, CT © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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