Hippos Go Berserk! is written and illustrated by Sandra Boynton. It is written for preschool-very early elementary, probably going as high as the end fo kindergarten. I would rate this book 3 out of 5 stars.
This book is about a hippo that is lonely by himself, but then a lot of hippos come to his house to have a party. The hippos go berserk at the party (naturally) and once day breaks, they all return to their homes. Once all 44 hippos have gone, the original lonely hippo is lonely once more.
Counting would be the main lesson to get out of this book. The repetitive listing of hippos doing various things allows students to visually see the amount a certain number represents while still providing them with entertaining descriptions and illustrations. If a child already knows how to count, they would probably find this book to be childish and uninteresting.
This book could be used in a counting unit followed by children writing stories with pictures about certain amounts of animals or other things. It could be useful to use this book with a child who is struggling to learn how to count or who fails to visualize numbers correctly.
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