The Turtle and the Hippopotamus

by Kate Banks; Pictures by Tomek Bogacki

• ISBN13: 9780374378851
• ISBN10: 0374378851
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-05-02
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Summary

A fresh twist on trust and friendship In this rebus book, a turtle won't swim across the river because she is afraid of the hippopotamus standing in the middle of it. She asks a bird, a grasshopper, some ants, and a possum what to do, but she still can't find the courage to cross to the delicious reeds on the other side until she makes a new friend. Playful art swings and loops around the page, moving the story forward. As they did inThe Bird, the Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle, whichBooklist, in a starred review, called "a splendid collaboration between artist and writer," Kate Banks and Tomek Bogacki have created another delightful rebus book for readers and pre-readers to enjoy together.

Author Biography

Kate Banks is the recipient of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for The Night Worker. Her other titles include And If the Moon Could Talk, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner. She lives in the South of France with her husband and two children.

Tomek Bogacki is the author and illustrator of My First Garden and Circus Girl. He lives in New York City.