Author: Marion Dane BauerType or emotional/crisis issue(s) addressed: Natural Disaster, Adoption
Year of Publication: 2007
Publisher & Location: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, NY
ISBN#: 0-689-85787
Target Age Level: Pre-K, Lower Elementary
# of Pages: 15
Quality of Illustrations: Excellent!
Brief Summary: Based on a true story, a young hippo loses his mother during a tsunami. A young turtle who reminds the hippo of his own mother, becomes his adopted mother. The hippo sees similarities a differences between his hippo mother that was killed and his new ‘mother’ and briefly dealing with changes as an after math of the tsunami.
Personal Comments/Biases, and/or Things to Consider When Using This Book With Children: The illustrations are excellent and the storyline simple.
Activities: Discuss how hippo must have felt when the tsunami hit. If students have more then one parent they can talk about the good similarities and differences of each one.
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