Hippos Can't Swim

Hippos Can't Swim
Author: Laura Lyn DiSiena
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1442493526

"A book of fun facts about animals of all sizes, shapes, and species!"--

Hippos Can Swim

Hippos Can Swim
Author: Pablo Bernasconi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2005
Genre: Fear
ISBN: 9781741661095

Who ever heard of a hippo who didn't swim? Hippo's family all love to swim - but not him. He's afraid of the water. So he sets off to find himself some friends who don't like swimming either. He tries skipping rope with the rabbits, but he's too heavy to jump. He goes on the seesaw, but even seven monkeys aren't enough to lift him off the ground. He can't even climb trees. Eventually he decides to face his fears, and plunges into the lagoon... only to find that in his own element, he is as light as a bird. Hilarious, quirky illustrations bring to life this delightful story about taking the plunge.

The Truth About Bears

The Truth About Bears
Author: Maxwell Eaton, III
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-02-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250306221

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!

The Life of the Hippopotamus

The Life of the Hippopotamus
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 54
Release: 1972
Genre: Hippopotamus
ISBN: 9780529044242

Photographs and text describes the habits, feeding, mating, anatomy and the historical importance of the third largest mammal in the world.

Elephants Swim

Elephants Swim
Author: Linda Capus Riley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780395934890

Presents a variety of animals and illustrates how each behaves in water.

Hippos Are Huge!

Hippos Are Huge!
Author: Jonathan London
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2024-10-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1536246360

“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 Little Hippos' Adventure

The Little Hippos' Adventure
Author: Lena Landström
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9789129655001

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.

How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim

How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim
Author: Vivian French
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2018-03-30
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780992752088

Billy Hippo hates water. It's too cold! Too scary! Too wet! It takes two cheeky frogs and a big surprise to change Billy's mind...

Saving Fiona

Saving Fiona
Author: Thane Maynard
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018-06-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1328544192

The amazing, true story of Fiona, a baby hippo born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo, the team of scientists and caregivers who nursed her to health, and the vast community in Cincinnati and beyond who rallied around her. Includes full-color behind-the-scenes photographs throughout. On a cold January day in 2017, nearly two months before due date, Nile hippopotamus Bibi gave her keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden a big (little) surprise—a tiny newborn hippo, no bigger than a football. The first premature hippo born and raised in captivity, baby Fiona was an underdog from the start: she couldn't nurse, she couldn't stay hydrated, and she wasn't thriving. But the staff at the zoo knew they could save her. It would take creative thinking and teamwork. They would have to study the makeup of hippo milk for the first time ever and reach out to medical colleagues, including a team at the local Children's Hospital with superior vein-finding skills, to ensure that Fiona would begin to gain weight and become healthy. When Fiona began to thrive, her star began to rise, and soon she became an internet sensation, her picture and videos garnering thousands and thousands of likes and fans on Instagram and Facebook. Now a Fiona appearance at the Zoo mimics a Beatles concert. What made this little, now big, hippo such a big hit with people all over the world? And what's in store for her and her family in the future?

Edge of Africa

Edge of Africa
Author: Carlton Ward (Jr.)
Publisher: Hylas Publishing
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Published in association with the Smithsonian's Biodiversity Group, "The Edge of Africa" is a visual feast of astonishing wildlife photography.