The boy who was followed home /
Mahy, Margaret
The boy who was followed home / written by Margaret Mahy ; illustrated by Steven Kellogg. - 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Picture story book for children. Previously published: London : Puffin Books, 1992. "A Margaret Mahy classic"--Cover.
Robert is delighted when a hippopotamus follows him home from school one day. The next day he is followed by four hippos, then nine, and eventually his yard is crowded with hippos. Robert's desperate father contacts a witch, who gives Robert a pill to make him unattractive to hippos. Sadly for Robert's parents, the hippos vanish, only to replaced by a trail of giraffes. Suggested level: junior, primary.
0143504371 9780143504375
Hippopotamus--Juvenile fiction
Magic--Juvenile fiction
Witches--Juvenile fiction
Children's stories, New Zealand.
428.6
The boy who was followed home / written by Margaret Mahy ; illustrated by Steven Kellogg. - 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Picture story book for children. Previously published: London : Puffin Books, 1992. "A Margaret Mahy classic"--Cover.
Robert is delighted when a hippopotamus follows him home from school one day. The next day he is followed by four hippos, then nine, and eventually his yard is crowded with hippos. Robert's desperate father contacts a witch, who gives Robert a pill to make him unattractive to hippos. Sadly for Robert's parents, the hippos vanish, only to replaced by a trail of giraffes. Suggested level: junior, primary.
0143504371 9780143504375
Hippopotamus--Juvenile fiction
Magic--Juvenile fiction
Witches--Juvenile fiction
Children's stories, New Zealand.
428.6