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Reviewed by Anne-Marie Reynolds for Readers' Favorite
Hadley is hungry, and her rumbling tummy won't let her rest until she finds something to fill it. Hadley the Hippo Is What She Eats by Kayla E. Green follows her through the jungle as she munches her way from one snack to the next, and each one leaves her a different color than before. Nothing quite does the trick, though, and her tummy keeps grumbling no matter how much she eats. Will Hadley ever find a jungle treat that finally fills her up? Little readers will love following her colorful quest to see if she can quiet her rumbling belly, and guessing what bright shade she might turn next!
Hadley the Hippo Is What She Eats by Kayla E. Green is a fun story for teaching colors, since kids guess what shade Hadley will turn with each new snack. The rhymes have a nice bounce to them, and the sound effects, all the munching and rumbling, make it an easy book to read aloud without losing a little one's attention. I liked that the story doesn't rush, letting Hadley work her way through several different fruits before her hunger is finally satisfied, which keeps the guessing game going a bit longer. There's a gentle idea running underneath it all about how what we take in shapes who we become, and there's a short note at the back for parents that connects this to a faith-based lesson on the same theme. It's a simple, playful book that would work well for story time, and young readers will probably want it read to them more than once.
