When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus by Ross Collins
When I woke up I was a hippopotamus. Yawning in the morning, I raised up my sleepy head, Then took one look out of the window and got straight back into bed. A small boy's fantasies about being different creatures get him into all sorts of mischief!
Ross Collins' striking illustrations combine a Winnie-the-Pooh cuddle factor with a dark imagination reminiscent of Tenniel's drawings for Alice* TES *
There isn't an illustrator in Britain who uses a more intelligent visual storytelling language. * TES *
Tom MacRae is such a talented and sensitive writer. I love this book. I only wish he'd written it thirty years earlier then I could have loved it as a child. -- Matthew Cain * Culture Editor, Channel 4 News *
A wonderful story about the potential pitfalls of an over-active imagination. * The Bookbag *
Great fun. * Angels & Urchins *
There isn't an illustrator in Britain who uses a more intelligent visual storytelling language. * TES *
Tom MacRae is such a talented and sensitive writer. I love this book. I only wish he'd written it thirty years earlier then I could have loved it as a child. -- Matthew Cain * Culture Editor, Channel 4 News *
A wonderful story about the potential pitfalls of an over-active imagination. * The Bookbag *
Great fun. * Angels & Urchins *
Ross Collins graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with a First in Illustration. In the same year he won the Macmillan Children's Book Prize. He now has over eighty titles to his name including Busy Night which won the White Raven Award and Billy Monster's Daymare which won the Royal Mail Book Award. He lives in Glasgow. Tom Macrae is best known as a BAFTA-winning scriptwriter for television: his work has been shown on both Channel 4 and BBC2. He has recently written several episodes for the new series of both Doctor Who and Miss Marple. His first book for children, The Opposite, was published by Andersen Press in 2006, and his second Baby Pie in 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849390736 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849390738 |
| Title | When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus |
| Author | Ross Collins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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