by Margaret Mahy, Steven Kellogg · Mammoth · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749700942
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«The Boy Who Was Followed Home» is the children's picture book by Margaret Mahy and Steven Kellogg, published by Mammoth in paperback (32 pages, in English).
A hippopotamus starts following Robert home and the boy is delighted, but his parents do not share his enthusiasm. When more and more hippos accumulate in the garden each day, the family asks a witch for help to solve the problem. The story, humorous in tone and restrained in text, relies on line and pastel drawings.
1989 edition; the work originally appeared in 1975 and was awarded the Zilveren Griffel prize in 1978.
For children aged 2 to 6, ideal as a family read-aloud.
Margaret Mahy was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural elements but her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up. She wrote more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories. At her death she was one of thirty writers to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her "lasting contribution to children's literature".
