Are There Hippos on the Farm?

As a child I loved this book. Our copy got so beat up that by the time my sister came around we had to get another. We were disappointed to find that the original version was no longer being produced. This version is several pages shorter, but still contains much of the original charm. The plot is very simple. "Many animals live on the farm. There are ducklings and ducks. There are kids and goats. But... are there hippos on the farm?" This question is repeated for several different animals, but the hippo gets top billing. A nice thing about the book is the way it gives the baby and adult name for each type of animal encountered. (Ducklings and ducks, calves and cows.) The illustrations are very cute and colorful, even if they are not completely correct in what a hippo looks like. They are colorful and expressive, especially the animal's faces. A very good book. Loggie-log-log-log