The Boy Who Was Followed Home |
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Author:
| Mahy, Margaret |
Illustrator:
| Kellogg, Stephen |
Series title: | A Margaret Mahy Classic Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-350437-5 |
Publication Date: | May 2010 |
Publisher: | Penguin Group New Zealand, Limited
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Imprint: | Puffin Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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Margaret Mahy's classic story about a boy who brings home a hippopotamus quite by accident, illustrated by Steven Kellogg. 'What on earth is that in the goldfish pool?' asked Robert's father. 'It is a hippopotamus, Father,' said Robert. 'Really,' said the father. 'People should keep their hippos chained up and not allow them to go climbing into other people's goldfish pools.' When a hippo follows him home one day,...
More Description Margaret Mahy's classic story about a boy who brings home a hippopotamus quite by accident, illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
'What on earth is that in the goldfish pool?' asked Robert's father.
'It is a hippopotamus, Father,' said Robert.
'Really,' said the father. 'People should keep their hippos chained up and not allow them to go climbing into other people's goldfish pools.'
When a hippo follows him home one day, Robert is pleased - but his parents are not! As more and more hippos crowd into the garden they turn to a witch for help.
Detailed line and pastel drawings by Steven Kellogg, and a deliciously understated text, combine in a very funny picture book by one of New Zealand's finest children's writers.