FOREST HOTEL A COUNTING STORY
Barbara Steincrohn Davis with illustrations by Benvenuti/ published 1972 by Golden Books
I'm always intrigued by artists who only use one name, so I dug a deeper to find out a little something about the illustrator. Apparently Gianni Benvenuti was an Italian painter and sculptor who was able to make a living illustrating books including Italian editions of Winnie the Pooh. This little book has an interesting style using very design heavy lines. I love the way he draw bubbles and leaves. And the Hippo from page two is fabulous!
The door opened, and in clumped ONE huge hippopotamus.
"I'd like a place for ONE, please," said the hippopotamus
to the rabbit behind the desk.
"Somewhere a fella can really roll around."
It goes on like this through the numbers. Animals (by number) show up, and a friendly little rabbit shows them to their appropriate places in the forest for the night (with the rabbit always hippety-hopping back to his office). Really fun story!
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This was my favourite book as a child. My entire extended family had it memorized. We read the book so often it fell apart. I look for it whenever I see a Golden Book display, but sadly it doesn't seem to be in print anymore.
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