Herbert on the Slide
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Herbert loves the slide, and in this first of four irresistible miniature full-length picture books, the littlest readers are introduced to new friends and the charming world of the Hippo Park playground.
Herbert loves the slide! Climbing up the ladder, sitting himself down, sending Teddy down first—it's all the best part. Herbert imagines sliding down into a magical underwater world and being chased up a mountain by a bear—preschoolers will love Herbert's adventures playing on the slide, and thrill to this first visit to Hippo Park.
All four Hippo Park Pals mini picture books are set in the playground, where the animals play, imagine, and have lots of feelings—just like preschoolers do.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The first of four picture books each focusing on a particular piece of playground equipment, this volume with a small trim size follows purple hippo Herbert as he relishes every moment of play on a slide. In minimally detailed, crayon-textured digital art, Alexander conveys the climb "all the way up," practice slide runs with both a turquoise bear stuffy and a yellow truck, and then, after a count of three, an exhilarating, giddy descent. Successive runs inspire pretend play, first as an underwater diver, then as a yellow truck being chased by a giant stuffed bear. When Herbert's sister demands a turn, her brother is a model of playground etiquette ("Line up and you can start all over again!"). With a simple, reiterative arc, the story celebrates a setting, and an object, that plays an important developmental role in many childhoods, affirming imagination, competency, and courage. Ages 2–5.
