Hippo Says "Excuse Me" (Hello Genius)

I love the Hello Genius series.Both of my children have read the books in the series over and over. They explain a simple concept in a very clear way.Hippo Says Excuse Me is not my favorite- Hippo is large and as he is walking down the street, getting on public transport, getting in an elevator- he says "excuse me" to the other animals.My kids were about 2 years old when they started engaging in these books and around 4 they stopped requesting the books at bedtime.Little Monkey Calms Down and Little Elephant Listens are two favorites (the kids memorized them).I believe this series teaches basic life skills that are important for children to know. I noticed my kids saying "excuse me" and "please" more often after reading particular books in the series.

I love these books for babies/toddlers. Just another cute lesson book. Pretty bright colors too.

I love these books so much! My son has the entire collection and wants to reread them over and over. They teach great lessons for growing kids, but in a fun relatable way. He now tells our dog in the bed: there’s always room for one more!

Cute book with animals and manners. My 3 yr old loves it. Basically the hippo goes places where he needs to say excuse me. Easy to read.

Hippos. They're huge. But the hippo in this book is unusually polite, and seems very aware of just HOW huge he is in comparison to others -- he's always saying "excuse me" to ride the bus, etc. My toddler is just getting into learning manners (18 months and starting to speak) but she's interested in what the hippo does and says. She especially likes the ending (SPOILER ALERT!) where the hippo is on a crowded elevator, and a little chick asks to ride it too...everyone says no, but hippo lets the little chick ride on his head (after saying "excuse me, there's always room for one more." to the other animals, reminding them of their manners in a very mature way, indeed). I liked that subtle put-'em-in-their-place move by the genial hippo...I'm probably reading waaaaaay too into it, but still, it was amusing.

This is a very cute little book! My two-year-old grandson loves it when I read this story and create a special voice for the hippo 🙂

This book has incredibly cute illustrations and my son was so excited when we got this one to go with his other Hello Genius manners books, but the text isn't the greatest. All of these manners books are repetitive (which is good for kiddos learning) and I found "Bear Says Thank You" to be a fun read for both my son and I, however this book bores me. Be ready to say the title of the book on nearly every page. Despite my negativity toward reading this book my 2 year old son still likes it so I guess it attracts the right audience.

Another good book in this series. My toddler loves them. They're simple; they're easy to read; and they teach good concepts! This one didn't stand out quite as much as some others (hence only 4 stars), but it's still a great little book and we would buy it again!