This story was one of the ones that were in my family for a while, even though it wasn’t a very popular book. The language and illustrations are the two main things I liked about this book. This book was about an ape escaping and a detective was hired to find him. The language was written to rhyme which is very engaging for younger readers. The illustrations showed the reader where the ape was the whole time when “Detective Bob” was looking for him. A zoo-goer would ask, “Does a hippo look like that? I thought a hippo had more fat.” Then detective Bob would say, “An ape would never risk a fuss with any hippopotamus,” but then the illustration would show the ape in the water with the hippos. It was a funny way of showing this book off. ( )