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I Don't Want to Be a Pea! (Hugo and Bella)
If Hugo Hippo and Bella Bird are going to make it to their costume party, they simply must learn to agree! A bright and cheerful picture book about friendship and compromise.Hugo Hippo has a best bird. Bella Bird has a best hippo. They make a perfect pair, and they are going to the Fairy Tale Dress-Up party together, of course: Hugo will be the princess, and Bella will be...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
January 3rd 2012
by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
(first published July 1st 2011)
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awww, because why wouldn't the hippo and the little bird living on his head be best friends and go to parties together and get into fights about what costumes to wear? it makes me happy to think of it occurring out there in nature.
because bella (the bird, not the teenage necrophiliac) does not want to be the pea to hugo's princess. and who can blame her? a pea is a totally boring costume. it is a round green ball. it could be mistaken for a boog. and no one wants to go to the "bird-hippo fairy-...more
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I'm not sure if this was the intention, but the first thing I thought about this book when I read it is that it reminds me a lot of Elephant and Piggie books, except wordier. Hugo the Hippo and Bella the bird are going to attend the Hippo-Bird Fairy-Tale Fancy Dress Party and can't decide what costume to wear. Originally they were going as the Princess and Pea, but Bella decided she didn't want to be the Pea and then a huge argument broke out and they leave mad. But then both decide it is not wo...more
Hugo is Bella’s hippo and Bella is Hugo’s bird, and they are going to the Fairytale Dress Party. However, they cannot agree on what to dress like. Hippo wants to be the princess, but Bella doesn’t want to be a pea. She wants to be a mermaid and Hugo can be her rock, but Hugo doesn’t want to be a rock. They fight, but eventually agree to be two peas in a pod. The illustrations are in mixed media with the characters having babyish proportions. Both characters are in almost every page, except in th...more
I literally said, "Aw!" at the sweet happy ending...two peas in a pod. :) There's also a subtle change of perspective by the end of the book; at the beginning, they introduce each other as "Bella is my bird" and "Hugo is my hippo," but at the end, at the party, they say, "I am Bella's hippo," and "I am Hugo's bird."
Love how all their costume ideas play off their differences in size. I also like the "crisis" page, where instead of showing them angry, the agitation is implied in the orangey footp...more
Love how all their costume ideas play off their differences in size. I also like the "crisis" page, where instead of showing them angry, the agitation is implied in the orangey footp...more
Hugo Hippo and Bella bird are trying to decide on a costume for the Fairy-Tale Fancy Dress Party. They cannot agree, while Hugo wants to be a princess, Bella does not want to be a pea, and so on until they are so mad at each other they decide not to go to the party together. In the end, friendship wins out and they both go to the party.
I don't always love digital illustrations, but they worked very well for Hugo and Bella's story. I can see this being a great book for a story time.
I don't always love digital illustrations, but they worked very well for Hugo and Bella's story. I can see this being a great book for a story time.
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A charming story about the give and take of friendship. Hugo Hippo and Bella Bird are going to the Hippo-Bird (or is it Bird-Hippo) Fairy-Tale Fancy Dress Party together but they can't decide who will be the princess and who will be the pea or who will be the mermaid and who will be the rock or...they just can't agree. The humorous back and forth will induce giggles and the colorful illustrations will delight young readers.
I feel like this picture book of best friends (Hugo Hippo and Bella Bird) is trying to be a little too much like Elephant & Piggie. But that's OK because this is still a sweet & silly story of friendship and compromise as the duo decide what costumes to wear to the Hippo-Bird Fancy Dress Party. This is a perfect story-time read-aloud for 1 person who can do 2 voices well, or for 2 readers to read co-operatively.
I read this to my twin 5-year olds and no one got it. What was hippo supposed to be at the end? We flipped back through the book again looking for clues, but found none. Confusing.
Also, not fun to read aloud. Would have been nice to have added some dialogue tags...like "hippo said" or "said Bella" to identify to the listener who was speaking.
Also, not fun to read aloud. Would have been nice to have added some dialogue tags...like "hippo said" or "said Bella" to identify to the listener who was speaking.
A cute and funny story of a hippo and a bird who are going to a party. Neither can decide on a couple costume and decide to go their seperate ways. A happy ending for all when these friends realize that their friendship & compramise is more imporatant than staying mad at each other.
A very cute picture book with great read-aloud potential. For those who like books about friendship, hippos, birds or peas, this book where Hippo and Birdie are trying to find the perfect costumes for their party is sure to please! :)
Super cute simple story of a hippo and his bird... Or is it a bird and his hippo?. This symbiotic couple does not always agree and might miss out on good times unless they can patch things up in time for the big party.
British version of Elephant and Piggie maybe? A couple of good laughs but did not have the "perfect ending" that Willems is a master of. Still enjoyable and would work for a friendship, green things or party storytime.
despite it's inflammatory title, the characters come to the logical conclusion that - obviously - they want to be a pea. cute. hippos. costumes. cross dressing. parties. and, most importantly, sweet peas
I love, love, love this book. I will recommend it for the Beehive award next time.
so very cute and clever.
for my Pea storytime.
Or friendship
Or Halloween (costumes)
Or Hippos or Birds
so very cute and clever.
for my Pea storytime.
Or friendship
Or Halloween (costumes)
Or Hippos or Birds
I enjoyed this story until the last page; the ending just fell flat. A nice story about friendship and compromise, but I felt the ending could have been better (more moral, better joke, something!).
Hugo Hippo and Bella Bird are best friends, but a disagreement over costumes may prevent the two from attending the annual "Fairytale Fancy Dress Party."
Too cute! Great preschool storytime read.
Too cute! Great preschool storytime read.
The moral of the tale is that sometimes we do things we don't really want to do because we love our friends and they want to do it. A really lively tale about a fancy dress party.
Party planning compromises make a 'peas full' resolution.
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Party planning compromises bring a happy ending.
(Whichever you'd like better.)
~Monty K.
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Party planning compromises bring a happy ending.
(Whichever you'd like better.)
~Monty K.
Hugo Hippo and Bella Bird are best friends, but a disagreement over costumes may prevent the two from attending the annual "Fairytale Fancy Dress Party."
Feb 06, 2012
Hoover Public Library Kids and Teens
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Friendship is always full of compromise, and this book shows us that in a hilarious way. Plus, the hippo and bird are too, too, too adorable!
I very much like this story of friendship and how even though Hugo is totally a boy name, he has no trouble playing princess. Drag it up, hippo!
A solid story about friendship. I really liked the different costumes they dressed up as, and I liked the bright illustration style.
A fun story of friendship. Possibilities for word play/vocab--words that go together in some way. A fun read aloud for younger kids.
Fun illustrations, humorous storytelling - I would have given it three stars except the ending fell flat for me.
Friends can constantly fight but in the end the love and appreciation that they have for each other will prosper.
Funny story of friendship between two very different friends. A great successor to Tomie dePaola's Bill and Pete.
One of my favorite new friendship picture books, and a great story of compromise. (Also, really funny.)
Friends Hugo Hippo and Bella Bird squabble over their fairy tale party costume. Adorable!
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