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The boy who was followed home / written by Margaret Mahy ; illustrated by Steven Kellogg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Shore, N.Z. : Puffin, 2010Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0143504371
  • 9780143504375
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.6 22
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 428.6 MAH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A472785B

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.

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