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***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Jonker and Chan have created a chaotic yet hilarious story grounded in real childhood emotions...an ideal choice for a read-aloud...on’t bring up the rear! Be the first in line to read this laugh-out-loud story."" * Kirkus Reviews * ***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Slice-of-life drawings by Chan show Hippo employing myriad tactics to achieve front-of-line status...comically and intricately mapping a circuitous path through the playground."" * Publishers Weekly * Enthusiastic, active readers may recognize themselves in these pages, and the adults in their lives will smile at the hippo’s creativity while appreciating this good-natured opening for a conversation about personal space and empathy for others. * Booklist *

***STARRED REVIEW*** ""Jonker and Chan have created a chaotic yet hilarious story grounded in real childhood emotions...an ideal choice for a read-aloud...on’t bring up the rear! Be the first in line to read this laugh-out-loud story."" * Kirkus Reviews *

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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian and the creator of 100 Scope Notes, a kidlit blog hosted by School Library Journal. He was a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. Jonker lives with his wife and two children in Zeeland, Michigan. He is the author of The Very Last Castle and Blue Floats Away as well as the author-illustrator of Just One Flake. Ruth Chan is an illustrator and author who spent her childhood tobogganing in Canada, her teens in China, a number of years studying art and education, and a decade working with youth and families in underserved communities. She now writes and illustrates full-time in New York City.

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