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Happy Hippo, Angry Duck

By Barbara Schultz, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 2+

Funny book teaches little ones about feelings.

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Sandra Boynton's Happy Hippo, Angry Duck is cute, engaging, and endlessly appealing to very young children. The author/illustrator's silly rhymes mixed with bits of nonsense make her books great favorites with little ones, and the expressive, cartoony illustrations show clear emotions while amusing readers. The board-book edition is ideal for children to handle themselves, and the Kindle version used for this review is simple to navigate and allows adults to enlarge print areas for easy reading.

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