Book Review: The Adventures of Bentley the Hippo

The Adventures of Bentley Hippo: Inspiring Children to Share, by Argyro Graphy (Bentley Hippo Enterprise Corp., 2019, 31 pages, $12.95 PB, ages 2-12) (Volume One*) A Family Choice Awards book for 2019.

Bentley, the green hippopotamus with purple tennis shoes, has a monkey 'friend' Jaxon living in a tree who throws bananas down on people. But sometimes the bananas hurt.

The Adventures of Bentley (book one) has lovely green depictions of parks but is not a book a child can easily read alone due to the small print and numerous paragraphs on each page. Perhaps it is meant to be shared and discussed between child and parent.

Bentley is a good hippo, a nice hippo so he invites Jaxon home with him to share some ice-cream and the good deed multiplies - just how, you will have to read the book to find out. But I will tell you that sharing is something that is contagious!

Caveat: This book was sent to me to review.

*Vol. 2: Inspiring Children to Never Give Up (Oct 2020)

Vol. 3: Inspiring Children to be Kind (Nov 2020)

And soon to come:

Inspiring Children to be Patient

Inspiring Children to Accept Each Other