Helen Cooper: Hippo! Hippo!

Helen Cooper's books have been translated into 26 languages and have won numerous awards. The author and illustrator has twice been awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal. This detective story, written and illustrated by Helen Cooper (born 1963), is written in the spirit of Gothic novels.

The young protagonist must figure out why a mysterious invitation was delivered specifically to him, what secrets the museum halls are hiding, and most importantly, why he kept dreaming about a hippopotamus. Ben has never received such an odd letter before: it looks as if it came straight from the era of Sherlock Holmes, and what’s more, it was delivered by… bees! Inside the wax-sealed envelope is a small invitation card signed: "Come over for an hour." Go inside? The Garner-Gee Museum? But Ben had never even heard of it! And online there is only its ancient website—as if the museum has been closed for a long time. In fact, it might soon cease to exist. Only Ben can save it—with the help of the museum's magical exhibits, which have no desire to end up in the trash or gathering dust in the storage rooms of some ultra-modern research complex. A series of amazing discoveries awaits the 10-year-old hero. Including the solution to his father's family secret.

Author: Helen Cooper

Translation: Olga Bukhina, Galina Gimon

Pages: 456 (offset). Hardcover

Dimensions: 245x180x30 mm