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Early Reader: Mercy and the Hippo

Lauren St John, Nila Aye

Early Reader: Mercy and the Hippo

Subjects

  • Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun

Average rating

4 out 5

67 reviews

A charming full colour red Early Reader from BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD-winning author, Lauren St John.

Reviews

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I loved Mercy and her brother, who were taking care of the hippo by all means. I didn't understand why the villagers were so mean. I discovered also a mistake in the book: it has 5 chapters, but in the beginning it is written it has only 4.

Judge Crocodile Foxtail 18.08.2023

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I enjoyed mercy helping the hippo

Dame Flossy Toothpaste 17.08.2023

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Great book I didn't like Mrs nyoni though she was mean. The children were kind to the hippo I liked the happy ending

Captain Cupcake Armchair 14.08.2023

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This is a fiction book. I enjoyed it- it was about a hippo and two kids helping the hippo. They moved countries with the hippo and he ended up living in a zoo. He was happy.

General Hank Possum 08.08.2023

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It was a fiction book in my favourite person in the book was Merci, it was an interesting book because the hippo’s pool was drying out but merci and his brother put water in the pool so the hippo won’t die. I would recommend this book to someone else because it was very interesting.

Marshal Rapunzel Unicycle 08.08.2023

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because i felt bad for the hippo

Coach Rose Bottlenose 02.08.2023

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I liked how it was sad and then happy. I wouldn't want to live in Africa

Marshal Pablo Foxtail 31.07.2023

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I liked when they saved the hippo and also I really liked it when they made it to the lake and they got a dink of orange soda and they tipped 10 bottles of water over Clara the hippo.

Coach Beryl Nuggets 28.07.2023

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It was a fiction book. The main character is Mercy and she tried to help the hippo because the water dried up.

Master Zeus Palm-tree 04.07.2023

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I liked this book because they helped the hippo and they watched the sunset together. I liked Mercy because she was kind. I would recommend this book to my friends.

Fairy Kangaroo Armadillo 04.09.2022

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It was about being kind and the hippo was happy at the end

General Sandwich Anteater 02.09.2022

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I liked Mercy the best in this book because when she saw the Hippo she felt sad as all the villagers had taken it and it nearly died twice. I would recommend this book

Empress Rose Quest 16.08.2022

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I really liked this book and want to read more of the series.

Empress Cynthia Nuggets 15.08.2022

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I like Mercy the best because she makes me laugh. It interested me because it was really fun. I would recommend it to someone because it was a really nice story. I didn't give it 5/5 as it was a bit too long.

Nurse Bernice Menace 07.08.2022

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i like mercy

Nurse Bernice Menace 07.08.2022

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I like this book because it had a happy ending.

Senorita Lacey Sequins 02.08.2022

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I thought it was a very good book because it tells me about a hippo. My favourite person in the book is Mercy because she wants to help animals and she ignores the bully's. I would recommend it to someone else because it a really good book to read . And it tells me information about hippos. It is factual because it says hippos live in water and they do. It interests me because it tells me about hippos.

Marshal Mistral Peanut-butter 30.07.2022

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It's sad

Baroness Fifi Flattery 10.07.2022

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It was about somebody trying to save the hippo. I was worried about the hippo as the water ran out in its pond. I would recommend the book to my best friend.

Queen Tulip Wellington 29.08.2021

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I like this book a lot. My favourite character was mercy because she was really nice and friendly to the hippo

Dame Cupcake Waltzer 23.08.2021

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