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 The Hippo-Not-Amus - Jan Payne
 The Hippo-Not-Amus - Jan Payne ... 2004-02 by Orchard Books (NY)Newest Review: ... animals. He first of all sees a rhinoceros and thinks the horns they have would be very useful so he makes himself some horns ... more ... out of wood. He then ties them to his nose but then he can't see and they slide around his face. He next meets a bat who is hanging upside down. Portly thinks that it would be fun to hang upside down so uses bananas to make hooks for his feet so he could hang upside down like the bat. Of course, he is too heavy and ends up falling down. Portly then meets an elephant who is squirting water from his trunk and again Portly tries to make a trunk out of vine and uses big leaves to make elephant like ears. Because of all...more |
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The Hippo-Not-Amus - Jan Payne: The Hippo-not-amus - confused? (551 words)
by - written on 18/09/09 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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This book was first published in 2003 but the paperback version appeared in 2004. Publisher - Gullane Childrens book Authors - Tony and Jan Payne Illustrator - Guy Parker - Rees ISBN - Hardback 1-88233-447-1 Paperback 1-86233-514-1 RRP - £4.99 The cover is brightly coloured and features a pinky coloured hippo character on a bluey/green/yellowy background who is walking on stilts and has bananas tied to each of his legs. Confused? All is revealed in the story. The story centres around Portly a young hippopotamus who is bored standing in water up to his eyes and eating grass, so one day he decides that he ... Read the complete review
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