Gorilla does splits On the Hippo Hop floor. The wildebeest twists With the brown-eyed boar. Four lemurs lindy, An iguana jives, A mole named Mindy Gives a frog high-fives. The animals party all night long in a syncopated, rhyming story and dancing pictures. Young readers can chant the story, identify the animals and dances -- and laugh out loud.
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From Publishers Weekly
As this festive rhyming picture book begins, a polite hippopotamus in tropical attire ushers readers into a jungle hot spot, a pink shack called the Hippo Hop. Behind its curtained doorway, smiling capybara waiters and a simian hostess hover expectantly. Before long, the Hop fills with "yaks on sax," elephants playing trombones, snakes shaking maracas, even a dancing wildebeest who clutches a rose in her teeth. Almost every animal wears round beatnik glasses, and every one of them is in motion. At evening's end, the music grows mellow, and the staff cleans up in preparation for the next night, when the fun begins all over again. Loomis (One Cow Coughs) names numerous types in her toe-tapping narrative, inviting readers to scan each crowded spread for the spotlighted animals ("Zebras get jamming/ On the ivory keys,/Monkeys bang congas/In the coconut trees"). Westcott (Round and Round Again) tones down her sometimes bubblegummy palette, using bright watercolors and twirly lines to intensify the visual rhythms. The jitterbug-jump art and text make a great pair-Loomis and Westcott really know how to throw a party. Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K?While this book has a lot going for it?a lively rhyming text accompanied by cut-loose, colorful watercolors?the overall thrust of the story is slim. Cartoon animals of all shapes and sizes, from snakes to tapirs and wildebeests to zebras, converge on the Hippo Hop, a swinging nightclub where the expansive stage is full of local talent and the aisles brim with dancing fools. "They tap,/they snap,/they clap?then stop./They leave by twos/From the Hippo Hop." Then, it's time to clean up and rest so that the music can begin once again. The bright double-page spreads and the rowdy, smiling beasts will attract young audiences. The text, on the other hand, merely sets the stage for the illustrations. Among other things, thoughtful readers will question whether it's really true that "The sound gets heat/When the tapirs tap."?Martha Topol, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book I've read to my 4 year olds,
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This review is from: The Hippo Hop (Hardcover)
Can't think of enough accolades for this one. The text is funny for both kids and adults and the pictures really convey the movement of the words. Lots of funky animals thrown in (including the capybara waiters), all of them having a great time ("The apes play bass / A crocodile croons / With an all-girl band / Of blue baboons"). I have even read this book after my kids were asleep.
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Great Book for young kids - music, dance, animals,
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One of our favorite books for our 2 year old who loves music. Lively, colorful and very fun (for kids and parents). Good lyrical, rhyming book with typically cute pictures by Westcott. Good survey of different types of instruments and excellent variety of animals (how often does one come across a capybara or tapir in a children's fiction story!); accessible for a young child's cognitive level without dumbing down. One of my favorite music theme books for young children (second only to "Mole Music" and slightly better than "Zin, Zin, Zin, A Violin".) Even at [this price], definitely worth having for all young children, not just music and animal lovers.
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I picked this up at the library for my 20 month old, and she glommed onto it instantly. She wants it read 5 to 20 times a day, and walks around the house going "Hippo Hop, Hippo Hop [by the]light [of the] moon". The text is rhythmic and happy, and my little one loves to name all the animals. She hasn't liked a book this much since "Hippos Go Berserk" (hmm, a theme developing here?)Grandma read it to her recently and pointed out that the underlying messages were very positive- i.e. when the animals leave "by twos" (after dancing all night) the mole leaves with a frog, and the wildebeest has been dancing with a zebra.
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