Embedded within the author's website is a webpage that identifies the four elements of rap culture (movement, street art, mixing records, and singing, czekaj.com – accessed: July 1, 2021) and includes mixes of child-friendly rap songs that do not include swearing, and sexual or violent content.  

Hip and Hop in the House! reimagines Aesop's familiar characters the tortoise and the hare as rap artists Hip and Hop. True to the core of the traditional fable, Hip's raps are so slow that his audience nods off, while Hop's rhymes are "quicker than lightning" (p. 7) and cannot be understood. Despite coming from different parts of the forest, the pair overcome their differences to become great mates, and share in the honours of "Best Rappers in Oldskool County".  In the second chapter, Hip and Hop throw a surprise birthday party for a hedgehog named Yaul, who is negative about everything. Though he resists for a long time, finally Yaul learns to say yes and enjoy himself, thanks to the thoughtful generosity of Hip and Hop. The animal characters help to spoof hip hop culture, from Notorious P. I. G. to Snoop Froggy Frog, and the final bonus mini-comic extends the joke to other musical genres. Hip and Hop visit their local record shop, where they admire albums by Moosey Elliott and Public Anemone, among others. Heading home, they are keen to listen to their new acquisitions, until they realise that neither of them owns a record player. Thankfully, their animal friends come to the rescue, with an elephant offering his trunk as a turntable, while a stork uses its beak as the needle, and a hamster runs on the wheel. 

Hip and Hop in the House is a quirky, clever comic book. This text travels a long distance from Aesop but maintains the traditional focus on talking animals and a simple didactic message. The original moral adage, slow and steady wins the race, is replaced by a message promoting friendship and celebrating diversity. Readers are not required to be familiar with Aesop or his fables to appreciate the story of Hip the turtle and Hop the hare, but it does help to have some knowledge of popular culture. Drawing on his professional interest in hip hop music, Czekaj engages in wordplay and embeds visual gags within his illustrations. Many of the musical references are likely to go over the heads of young readers and are more likely to resonate with their adult guardians.