John Rox (1907–1957)
Auteur van I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1907
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1957
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Beroepen
- composer
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- Pearce, Alice (spouse)
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Thank you, GR reviewer Relyn, for explaining the story behind the song. I still don't get the point of the book though. But then, I'm not a kid, so maybe it's just a simple fantasy that speaks to a little kid's heart. Something about dreaming big, and magic, maybe.
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- #196,089
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- 4.0
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- 3
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- 5
My confession is that I do, absolutely, want a hippopotamus for Christmas. The illustrations fit the song perfectly, which is joking but also not joking. I particularly like a page with an enormous close-up of the girl’s delighted face with the hippo reflected in her eyes, followed by an enormous close-up of the hippo’s delighted face with the girl reflected in its eyes. The hippo wants a girl just as much as the girl wants a hippo! I love it.… (meer)