Language: English

JUV010000  –  Juvenile Fiction / Bedtime & Dreams

JUV009030  –  Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Counting & Numbers

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A child, frightened by a night thunder storm, walks through the house. Grandma, sister, brother all have ideas about what causes thunder. Finally, Father sits with the child and explains that thunder is the sound lightning makes. Together, they watch out a window and wait for lightning. As soon as they see it they count--one hippopotamus, two hippopotamus, three hippopotamus....as fast as they can until they hear the thunder. The more hippopotamus' they can count between the lightning and thunder, the further away the storm. Soon, the child is so busy looking for lightning and counting hippopotamus', he forgets to be afraid. John Wallner's charming illustrations and Susan Sussman's clear, simple language make science interesting and counting to twenty a delight.

Susan Sussman

Susan Sussman is the author of twenty-two books as well as numerous articles and musicals. She won an EMMY for the screen adaptation of her book THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A CHANUKAH BUSH, SANDY GOLDSTEIN (now available on DVD) and is currently working on a mystery series set in the courtrooms of south Florida.