Mister H

by Daniel Nesquens

Hardcover, 2015

Status

Available

Local notes

Fic Nes

Barcode

381

Collections

Your library, LS/FICTION [F]

Genres

Children's Books

Publication

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (2015), 66 pages

Description

A hippopotamus who has learned to speak English escapes the zoo and sets out for his home in Africa, but finds many distractions along the way.

Original language

English

Physical description

66 p.; 5.75 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member exploreacademy

I found this book entertaining and a little depressing. The tale of mister h ( a hippopotamus who can speak human language) starts with his release by a little girl. Then, the hippo walks around the city, eats human food, and looks for his home and place to belong. In the end, he touches many lives

but still can't find his home which is saddening.

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LibraryThing member kaitlynzimmerman

Mister H by Daniel Nesquens, Illustrated by Luciano Lozano, was an interesting story about a Hippo who can speak to humans and helps many people along the way. Throughout the story he is looking for a place of his own. While he is kind and helpful, he doesn't seem to have a very happy ending from

him. He does not find a place to call home. This is a cute story for young children. I read it over two days to my second grade class. They all seemed to enjoy it.

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LibraryThing member maryreiter

Mr. H is a book about a talking hippo who convinces a young girl to release him from his cage at the zoo and spends the day wandering the city and looking for his way back to his home in Africa. The writing style and illustrations are quirky and creative, but overall the book feels a bit

disjointed. Mr. H wants to return to his natural habitat and way of life, but as the story progresses he seems to acquire a suit and hat and eats in a restaurant while never getting any closer to his goal of "going home." It's a bit hard to follow. The book does do a nice job of pointing out pre-occupied nature of contemporary life, which can prevent people from noticing and helping each other.

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LibraryThing member Kadi1120

In my opinion, children's books should be charming, humorous, or educational. The best combine two or more of these traits. Mister H attempted to do all three, but didn't quite succeed. I wanted to like this story, but it fell flat for me. None of the characters really made you care for them -

especially the humans - and the facts inserted into the action, while interesting, just didn't fit into the flow of the story. All in all, this isn't a book I will recommend.

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LibraryThing member Maryk205

Mister H is a cute book about a hippo who leaves the zoo and spend the day in the human world, looking for a way home. I love the idea of the story, which is touching, poetic, and full of commentary on human society. As much as I wanted to like the story (in a Make Way for Ducklings meets Animal

Farm sort of way) something just never clicked with the story.

The language is confusing. The content and illustrations seem like they would attract a younger audience, but it is a tad longer than most easy readers and contains larger words. I have not read the original in Spanish, but the English version feels a little lost in translation. Reading Mister H feels like the translator went for literal instead of feeling, which, for a book targeted to a specific genre that has a very young audience and particular language requirements, may not be a good thing.

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LibraryThing member grnpickle

This hippo story missed the mark for me. I thought the writing was odd and the story seemed confusing at times and didn't flow like a good children's story should. I would pass on this one.

LibraryThing member antmusic

Cute overall. My kids got bored QUICKLY though. I listened to their signals and didn't finish with them. I can see why it was published, but it just didn't work for my kids. Maybe your kids would be different than mine?

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