The hippo at the end of the hall / Helen Cooper.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 334 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781536204483
- 153620448X
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | Cooper Helen | Available | 33111009406162 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Cooper Helen | Available | 33111009555075 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When Ben receives a mysterious invitation to an odd museum, he's swept into a peculiar world of forgotten secrets and wild magic in this illustrated novel.
The invitation to the Gee Museum was delivered by bees. It wasn't addressed to anyone, but Ben knows that it was meant for him. Why else would the images on the postcard have stirred up memories of his father, who was lost at sea long ago? Ben makes his way to the old dilapidated building to find a host of curious talking animals awaiting his arrival. They are certain he is the only one who can save the museum. But Ben and the animals in the Gee collection will have to outwit a devious rival museum owner and a greedy land developer. With a bit of luck, some strange magic, and a little help from his mom, Ben might succeed in ensuring the future of the museum -- and finding the answers about his father that he's been searching for his whole life. Helen Cooper's first novel brims with mystery and hope, and her lovely illustrations bring the wonders of the Gee Museum to life.
One morning, Ben finds an envelope containing a very special invitation to come and see the Gee Museum -- a dusty old place under threat of closure. However, once inside he discovers all sorts of incredible things like talking owls, dancing bees, magical bottles, witches, and of course, a hippo at the end of the hall. But most importantly he discovers a connection to his father and the family he never even knew he had. And now he has something important to fight for -- the survival of the Gee Museum and the promise of finding out who he really is.