Who Hops? [Hardcover]

Katie Davis (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

Frogs hop. Rabbits hop. Kangaroos hop. Cows hop. Cows hop?! No they don't, of course, and so begins the simple repetitive pattern of this clever book. From the cow that doesn't hop to the giraffe that doesn't crawl, animals on brightly colored page after page offer up giggles galore and a delightfully silly look at the way some creatures do--and don't--get around. When the time comes to guess who hops and flies and slithers and swims and crawls, observant young readers just might know the answer!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Who hops? Does a cow hop? A giraffe? And if not, what do they do instead? These simple questions are answered in Katie Davis's fanciful Who Hops? Exploding with color, this engaging read-aloud book takes a fun-filled look at the world of animal movement. Introducing animals that really do hop or fly or swim, Davis ends the sequence with one that certainly doesn't. Birds fly. Bats fly. Flies fly. Rhinos fly. NO THEY DON'T! (At that point, a bedraggled purple rhino, complete with tiny pink wings strapped to his huge body, says, "Great. NOW you tell me.") The cartoonish animals will delight preschoolers, and the bold, black type encourages even the youngest children to attempt reading. Moving quickly through various modes of transportation, Who Hops? finishes with the question, "Who hops and flies and slithers and swims and crawls?" "Why, you do, of course!" Kids are sure to giddily shout out answers, and they may learn a few things about the flying, leaping animal kingdom through their giggles. (Ages 2 to 6) --Aimee Damman

From Publishers Weekly

The silly premise of this entertaining book follows a list of three animals that hop, fly, swim or crawl with one that obviously does not, enabling kids to participate by catching the "mistake." For example, the response to "Who slithers?" includes "Salamanders slither./ Snakes slither./ Snails slither./ Elephants slither." The next page sets the record straight?"NO THEY DON'T! Elephants have hairy babies and wiggly trunks, but they don't slither"?and the elephant is rolling on the ground in laughter, saying "Me? Slither? C'mon! You're cracking me up." Debut author-artist Davis juxtaposes pages with two words of text against those pages bearing lengthier, lighthearted explanations of why certain animals are misfits in a given grouping. The illustrations feature oversize, heavily outlined and extremely simplified shapes (the spider and crab are almost identical), in loud solid colors including goldenrod, hot pink, red, kelly green and purple. For kids, the book's main pleasure is likely to be shouting out "NO THEY DON'T!" before the adult reading aloud to them can turn the page. Ages 2-6.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152018395
• ISBN-13: 978-0152018399
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,148,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Parsons School of Design, Institute of Art, Rhode Island School of Design...
Katie Davis has walked by all these schools of fine art.
She has attended none of them.

Now children's author/illustrator Katie Davis has published nine books and appears monthly on the ABC affiliate show, Good Morning Connecticut, recommending great books for kids. She produces Brain Burps About Books, a podcast about kidlit (available on iTunes), with an affiliated blog and monthly newsletter. Katie volunteers in a maximum security prison teaching Writing for Children and over the last dozen years has presented at schools and writing conferences. She's a 2010 Cybils judge and has also judged the Golden Kite, smartwriters.com, and Frontiers in Writing awards. Recently Katie was selected to be on the Honorary Advisory Board for the Brooke Jackman Foundation, a literacy-based charity.

Her picture book titles include Little Chicken's Big Day (with Jerry Davis) Kindergarten Rocks!; Mabel the Tooth Fairy and How She
Got Her Job; I Hate To Go To Bed!; Scared Stiff; Who Hoots?; Party Animals; and
Who Hops? Her first novel for children is The Curse of Addy McMahon (Greenwillow).

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Family Favorite, June 20, 2001

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Susan C. Oliver (Kodiak, AK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who Hops? (Hardcover)

I loved using "Who Hops" in my first grade classroom where the children delighted at the silly pictures and the simple text was perfect for their emerging reading skills. Now that I am a mother of a one year old I have fallen in love with this book all over again. My little guy thrills at the bold bright illustrations and the text is fast paced enough to hold his attention through several readings. This book is an all time favorite of mine and a must for any little person's library!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book. A MUST HAVE for kids., September 20, 2001

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apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who Hops? (Hardcover)

This is a MUST HAVE book for any toddler.

The colors are bright and the illustrations are funny. This alone keeps my son's attention. The repitions make it easy for my son to remember and help me "read" the book.

Sometimes we play this as a game at the park. My son will start 'hopping' like a bunny and I'll tell him to hop like a kangaroo, horse and fish. He'll stop and say "nooooo, fish hop". I think it's fun and so does he.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read Aloud for a 2 Year Old, September 23, 2010

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E. Rust - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who Hops? (Paperback)

Who Hops is a great read aloud because of the repetition and predictable text. It is also a humor that a child understands. Very cute book!