{"product_id":"harry-hippo-s-holiday","title":"Harry Hippo’s Holiday","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere once was a hippo who escaped from the Singapore Zoo and stayed away for many weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere did he go? What did he do? Why did he come back?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning duo Alan John and Quek Hong Shin return with their fourth picture book to tell you the story of Harry Hippo and all his animal friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt all starts when Harry gets bored one day and sneaks off for a “holiday”. Harry’s friends have fun imagining all the things an adventurous hippo might do. Is Harry at the cinema? Has he seen the Merlion?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarry, though, despite having met several new animals while on holiday, realises that he misses his friends and his favourite food and that it’s time to go home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lively and entertaining story was inspired by Congo, the hippo who slipped out of the Singapore Zoo in early 1974 and evaded capture for more than 40 days. Children can find out more about Congo at the back of the book, in fact pages that include archival photographs and newspaper clippings. There are also pages with information about hippos and vocabulary boxes to support less confident readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarry Hippo’s Holiday\u003c\/em\u003e will delight wildlife spotters as the illustrations contain no fewer than 15 types of animals, including a banded krait, a purple heron, an Asiatic softshell turtle and a colugo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN AWARD-WINNING PARTNERSHIP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarry Hippo’s Holiday\u003c\/em\u003e is Alan John and Quek Hong Shin’s fourth book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir first book, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-one-and-only-inuka\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe One and Only Inuka\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, about the Singapore Zoo’s beloved polar bear, won the Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2019 in the children’s English books category.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir second collaboration, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/ubin-elephant\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUbin Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, was inspired by the true story of a wild elephant on Pulau Ubin in 1991. It was a finalist for Best Picture Book at the Singapore Book Awards 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir third book, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/grandmas-tiger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrandma’s Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, another tale from real life, when a tiger was “spotted” on Pulau Ubin in 1997, won both the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award 2024, Picture Book category; and the Best Picture Book title at the Singapore Book Awards 2023. It was selected for The International Youth Library’s prestigious White Ravens 2023 recommendation list of children’s books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll four titles are published by Straits Times Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan John\u003c\/strong\u003e is a journalist, a writer and a trainer, and a former deputy editor of The Straits Times. He has written four children’s picture books inspired by true events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuek Hong Shin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a children’s book author and illustrator. He has written seven children’s books and illustrated more than 20.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Straits Times Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49451425169705,"sku":"9789815081206","price":14.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/HippoFrontCoverHR.jpg?v=1731183503","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/harry-hippo-s-holiday","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}