title: The Spectacular Adventures of Sophie and Sebastian
author:  Ruth Jeyaveeran 
description: PreSchool-Grade 3&ndash;Sophie, a hippopotamus, has many interests&ndash;baking cookies, collecting comics, and keeping a secret sketchbook. However, her real dream is to skateboard through the sky. Unfortunately, all of her boards break. Her bird friend, Sebastian, who is the only one who has seen her drawings, tells Sophie that she needs a new way to solve an old problem. Finally, she has an inspiration. The result is a comic about a Superhippo who uses her flying skateboard to rescue a baby hippo. When the other hippos see it, they love it. At last she feels satisfied, which seems a rather flat ending. The colors in the gouache illustrations are muted and soft. All of the hippos are a light purple while Sebastian has darker purple wings. Sophie's comic strip is included, adding a bit of fun to the tale. Two spreads are a bit awkward; they require readers to turn the volume counterclockwise to view the page vertically. Although this title will have some readership among skateboarding fans, libraries might do better to buy extra copies of James Marshall's George and Martha titles (Houghton).<I>&ndash;Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: **Praise for**
  
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  > ‘Huge **fun** with a slightly different slant. **Thoroughly enjoyable** ’
  
   **KATIE FFORDE**
  
  > ‘Written with a sure touch, and Jeevani’s characters leap from the page. I
  > **love** Jeevani Charika’s writing!’
  
   **SUE MOORCROFT**
  
  > ‘What a **fantastic** and **fascinating** read. A **refreshingly**
  > **different** and thought-provoking romance’
  
   **PHILLIPA ASHLEY**
  
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   **Contents**
  
  Prologue
  
   **Making a Difference**
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
   **Making Waves**
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  Chapter 17
  
  Chapter 18
  
  Chapter 19
  
  Chapter 20
  
  Chapter 21
  
  Chapter 22
  
   **Making Changes**
  
  Chapter 23
  
  Chapter 24
  
  Chapter 25
  
  Chapter 26
  
  Chapter 27
  
  Chapter 28
  
  Chapter 29
  
   **Making Merry**
  
  Chapter 30
  
  Chapter 31
  
  Chapter 32
  
  Chapter 33
  
  Chapter 34
  
  Chapter 35
  
  Chapter 36
  
  Chapter 37
  
  Chapter 3