The Hippo Who Did Gymnastics by Michael Rank book review

    The Hippo Who Did Gymnastics by Michael Rank and Illustrated by Justin Eccles, is a book about a Hippo who was doubted because of stereotype. No one believe that Humphrey the Hippo would master the balance beam, let alone even jump and nail a landing. But he did and he received a 10! He might have knocked over his team mates in the process with the force of his landing, but weight is not really a stereotype is it, it's a reality. This humorous book is read in first person by a dog who is in gymnastics and is observing while performing his routines.

    Humphrey is doubted because of size and his broadness, but he prevailed and delivered. This book also delivers with

     You can also download a free bonus audiobook with the website in the front, and providing your email and verifying you email. The first email came in my junk mail box as I expected ( I have a high security level, I really hate junk mail) very quickly, the second email with the website came in my inbox after a minute or so and was direct. The only thing I am still a little confused about is that it said an ebook download so as it was my first of its kind, I though that it would stay on my tablet as a audio, instead of the website, but can use it repeatedly, I guess you would just have to bookmark the page to return to it later.

     We liked the way the story was read by the woman, but would have maybe liked low background voices reading the other character responses in the word bubbles. I like how some of the pages had a small section at the bottom showing how the other animals performed but some of these small sections I think were good enough to be put on a page before Humphrey performed and still be able to stay on track. Over all I liked this book, it had simple drawings that children could repeat which as Mo Willems author of the Don't let the Pigeon ... series would say, children can repeat, which leads them to grow confidence and create their own characters and flourish in creativity.

      I recommend this book to children ages 3 to 7 with a few complicated words mostly dealing with  activities done in gymnastics, such as balance, vault, momentum. This book currently cost $3.99 on  Amazon.com as an ebook for Kindle, can be read on the Kindle unlimited for free. You also have the option to read a sample on this direct website as well :

The Hippo Who Did Gymnastics












I was given this ebook in exchange for a honest review