MALI THE HIPPO
Over the years, Parris designed many
arts-integrated lesson plans; one of the most popular was about various animal
species. After one preschooler's response about wild and farm-raised animals,
Parris decided to write a book about where they lived. Mali the Hippo is a
story about a Hippopotamus fed up with living in the jungle who chooses to
leave and goes on a journey to live on a farm.