The Little Hippos' Adventure

The Little Hippos' Adventure

Author: Lena Landström

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789129655001

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The little hippos are so excited the day that they are allowed to go to Tall Cliff to swim that they forget to watch out for danger.


Little Giraffe's Adventure

Little Giraffe's Adventure

Author: Sam P. León

Publisher:

Published: 2021-08

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781955044103

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"Baby Giraffe is very curious and one day, while mom is chatting with friends, wanders off on an adventure. Follow along and see what happens in this rhyming tale about friendship and adventure."--Back cover.


Little Hippo

Little Hippo

Author: Julie Abery

Publisher: Amicus/Amicus Illustrated

Published: 2022-11-28

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 1684522072

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An oxpecker lands on Little Hippo, and one bird is a fun friend to play with--until there's a whole flock bothering Little Hippo! And where is Mama? Little Hippo has fallen behind as the herd grazes on African plains. Mama shoos away the birds, cheers up Little Hippo, and all is right again. A sweet story of youthful adventure and motherly love, told with short poetic rhyming lines and warm illustrations. Written by preschool teacher Julie Abery and captured by Suzie Mason's beautiful artwork, this book in Little Animal Friends board book series will delight babies and toddlers and demand to be read again and again. Little Panda and Little Tiger in the same series were named to the CCBC Choices 2020 list for picture books for young readers.


Hippos Are Huge!

Hippos Are Huge!

Author: Jonathan London

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2024-10-15

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1536246360

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“With gorgeous mixed-media illustrations and accessible, engaging language, this picture book will spur interest in the world of hippos.” — School Library Journal (starred review) The deadliest animal in Africa isn’t the lion or the crocodile — it’s the hippopotamus! Hippos have razor-sharp tusks, weigh as much as fifty men, and can run twenty-five miles per hour. Follow these hefty hulks as they glide underwater, play tug-of-war, swat balls of dung at one another, and nuzzle their young in the mud. Just don’t get too close — they could chomp you in two!


The First Hippo on the Moon

The First Hippo on the Moon

Author: David Walliams

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2014-11-06

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0008113610

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Number one bestselling author David Walliams presents this explosively funny space adventure, illustrated by artistic genius Tony Ross. This eBook comes with read-along audio, hilariously performed by the author himself. Warning: very silly sound-effects included!


A Hippo Love Story

A Hippo Love Story

Author: Karen Paolillo

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2014-05-02

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0143531530

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When the threads that hold human society together unravel, the animal kingdom suffers. Karen Paolillo discovered this first-hand in Zimbabwe when she developed a close connection with thirteen hippos in their natural habitat, the Turgwe River. Her mission to save these exceptional animals after they came under threat of drought, land invasions and poachers developed into a beautiful African love story. It is also the stirring tale of how one woman faced personal and financial adversities while ensuring the survival of a family of hippos, with Bob, a three-ton bull, as their leader. With the establishment of the Turgwe Hippo Trust, Karen has triumphed as guardian of the hippos, and the animals have prospered ever since. A Hippo Love Story shares this heroic journey of a nature lover who became an ally of one of Africa's most fearsome animal species.


The Truth About Bears

The Truth About Bears

Author: Maxwell Eaton, III

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2018-02-27

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1250306221

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Maxwell Eaton III's The Truth About Bears is a lighthearted nonfiction picture book, filled with useful facts about bears that will make you laugh so hard you won’t even realize you’re learning something!


Veronica

Veronica

Author: Roger Duvoisin

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2012-12-19

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 0307804755

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Veronica, a hippopotamus who wants to stand out from the herd and be famous, travels to the big city where she indeed does stand out. Causing traffic jams, blocking sidewalks, and devouring a pushcart vendor’s vegetables in one big gulp, Veronia is arrested and jailed. How she discovers that there is no place like home is told with warm humor and sublimely mirthful illustrations that are great fun to share with a young child.