Hide-and-Seek with Little Hippo

by Géraldine Elschner, Anja Klauss (Illustrator)

Overview

This colorful tale introduces toddlers to fine art featuring a bright-blue Egyptian hippopotamus figurine from the Louvre Museum.

Young readers can immerse themselves in the colors surrounding the waters of the Nile as they follow the story of a curious little hippo!

1. Count 1, 2, 3 as Little Hippo looks for a place to hide.
2. His game of hide-and-seek leads him to his bath, where he, in turn, will have to look for his friend the butterfly.
3. Part of the First Steps in Art series, this colorful tale introduces toddlers to fine art and features a bright-blue Egyptian hippopotamus figurine from the Louvre Museum.
4. Can you find him hiding along the banks of the Nile in the golden sands and cool blue waters?

Each book in the First Steps in Art series aims to spark an early interest in toddlers for the world of fine art from famous paintings to ancient figurines and includes a short lesson in art history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764361111
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	02/28/2021
Series:	First Steps in ART , #2
Pages:	14
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)
Lexile:	400L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 Months to 6 Years

About the Author

After translating many children's books, Géraldine Elschner began to write her own texts. Géraldine is the author of the First Steps in Art series and has about 50 titles published worldwide in about 20 languages.

The brushes of Anja Klauss enchant young and old by creating a world of magical and endearing characters, including our little blue hippo.

Editorial Reviews

nbsp;This beautiful board book introduces the land of Pyramids in Egypt. Follow Little Hippo as he changes colors to match his surroundings and becomes covered with flora and fauna. This collection of board books is a must for a young child's library to introduce them to art history and its importance. (Ages 5-7)

Midwest Book Review

2021-06-02
A baby hippo, based on the ancient Egyptian figurine from the Louvre Museum, plays hide-and-seek with a butterfly in this French import.

The titular calf, with bright blue skin and darker blue markings painted on its body, counts to three to find a spot to hide. Subsequent spreads find the hippo, chameleonlike, adopting the color and texture of yellow sand, red bricks, and green grass. When his mommy, a larger hippo with similar markings, calls him for a bath, the butterfly finds him. Now the butterfly, which is also bright blue, hides in plain sight against the baby hippo’s markings. Simultaneously publishing in the First Steps in Art series, Antoinette the Tree Frog, also by Elschner but illustrated by Xavière Devos, depicts a frog wearing an old-fashioned bathing costume in artist Claude Monet’s lily pond. A gust of wind carries off Mr. Claude’s straw hat, which Antoinette finds and takes a nap in. The droll narratives are simply told, and the illustrations loosely and effectively evoke the art style each uses as an inspiration. The backmatter of both books describes a bit about the artistic influences and where museum visitors can see the originals. On the back of each book, a reproduction of the original artwork appears.

A playful, child-friendly introduction to a well-known work of art. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews