Hippo Leaves Home

Hippo-Potto-Mouse Book

by Roger Hargreaves

Tired of being taken for granted by Potto and Mouse, Hippo decides to leave home.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Roger Hargreaves was a British cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books. He created the Mr. Men series, Little Miss series and Timbuctoo series, intended for young readers. The simple and humorous stories, with bold, brightly coloured illustrations, have sales of more than 85 million copies worldwide in 20 languages.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 3 out of 5]

All is not well at the home of Hippo, Potto and Mouse. Potto does all the domestic work while Hippo and Mouse complain and order more. Potto just leaves and Mouse and Hippo have to figure out how to do this alone. The can't cook and go to bed hungry. They call and beg Potto to come home.

I didn't think the story was great or anything. I'm a modern adult reader and to my sensibility, this is the story about a same-sex couple raising a mouse. They all wear suits, so they all appear to be boys. To me, this is like a wink-wink LGBT story.

You can tell that Roger wrote the Mr. Men series. The artwork is so Mr. Men. There are about 6 books in this series as far as I can tell. They aren't as cute as Mr. Men.

I would be interested in what other people think of this story.