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Mama
A True Story, in Which a Baby Hippo Loses His Mama during a Tsunami, but Finds a New Home, and a New Mama
By Winter, Jeanette
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15205-495-3
- Publisher
- Harcourt
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2006
PreS-Gr 3 Winter used true stories to address difficult topics in "September Roses" (Farrar, 2004) and "The Librarian of Basra" (Harcourt, 2005). Here, she tackles the tsunami in a narrative consisting of two repeated words: -mama - and -baby. - A hippo and his mother are shown enjoying a swim when gigantic waves pull them apart. They call out plaintively for one another, until the baby is alone in the deep waters of a full spread. After washing ashore, he is t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2006
Winter uses only two words of text—mama and baby—and her characteristically inviting, richly colored illustrations to tell a story based on the experiences of a young hippo separated from his pod after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Safely contained within thick, solid-color borders on each compact page, Winter's paintings first show a smiling mama hippo and her content baby wading in Kenya's Sabaki River. The hippos' constant eye contact signals their deep bond; in speech balloons, the bab...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
