The boy who was followed home /
Mahy, Margaret, 1936-2012,
The boy who was followed home / written by Margaret Mahy ; illustrated by Steven Kellogg. - North Shore, N.Z. : Puffin, 2010. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 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.
9780143504375
Hippopotamus--Children's picture books.
Magic--Children's picture books.
Witches--Children's picture books.
Picture books for children.
Children's stories, New Zealand.
NZ823.2
The boy who was followed home / written by Margaret Mahy ; illustrated by Steven Kellogg. - North Shore, N.Z. : Puffin, 2010. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 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.
9780143504375
Hippopotamus--Children's picture books.
Magic--Children's picture books.
Witches--Children's picture books.
Picture books for children.
Children's stories, New Zealand.
NZ823.2