I Had a Hippopotamus

I Had a Hippopotamus
Author: Hector Viveros Lee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9781880000960

An imaginative boy opens a box of animal crackers and gives his family members a hippopotamus, anaconda, rhinoceros, and other exotic animals.

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!

When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus

When I Woke Up I Was a Hippopotamus
Author: Tom MacRae
Publisher: Andersen Press USA
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467744433

"When I woke up I was a Hippopotamus! Yawning in the morning, I raised up my sleepy head, then took one look out of the window and got straight back into bed." A little boy transforms into different creatures as his moods change throughout the day, until finally he goes a little too far and discovers his parents have transformed too!

I've Lost My Hippopotamus

I've Lost My Hippopotamus
Author: Jack Prelutsky
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780062014580

Some of the animals in this book are real. They include: the hippopotamus (she's missing) the elephant (he's artistically talented) the octopus (it's great at multitasking). Others may not be quite so real. These include: the wiguana (very hairy, for a lizard) the halibutterfly (there's something fishy about it) the gludu (quite clingy). In the tradition of Jack Prelutsky's classic poetry collections The New Kid on the Block, It's Raining Pigs & Noodles, and A Pizza the Size of the Sun, here is a book packed with more than 100 funny poems and silly pictures. Most of the poems are about animals—some are big and some are small, some have unusual interests, and some are just plain unusual.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Author: John Rox
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2005-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060529423

Christmas is coming, and one little girl wants nothing more than a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. But will Santa Claus and her parents make her Christmas wish come true? As shown in his best-selling titles The Night Before Christmas and Here Comes Santa Claus, no one can portray the holidays better than Bruce Whatley; and he doesit again with I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas. The song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" was written in 1950 by John Rox and became a nationwide hit in 1953 when ten-year-old Oklahoma native Gayla Peevey sang the song as a way to raise money for the Oklahoma City Zoo's first hippopotamus. In December of that year the city received Matilda the hippo for Christmas.

My Hippo Has the Hiccups

My Hippo Has the Hiccups
Author: Kenn Nesbitt
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1402227523

Kenn Nesbitt's hilarious poetry is adored by kids. They just can't get enough of the great beats, wonderful imagery, and good ol' belly laughs his poetry contains! With over a hundred poems included, most of them new but some old favorites too, My Hippo Has the Hiccups is a laugh-out-loud good time. The audio CD features lots of the great poem readings and zany humor that make Kenn one of the most widely sought school speakers in the country. From angry vegetables to misbehaving robots to the boy who is only half a werewolf, these are all officially poems Kenn totally made up: my robot does my homework! | i bought a pet banana! | when vegetables are angry... Be sure to visit Kenn online at the world's most popular poetry site for kids: poetry4kids.com

Hippospotamus

Hippospotamus
Author: Jeanne Willis
Publisher: Andersen Press USA
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467703222

Hippopotamus had a spotamus . . . on her bottomus! "It's a blister!" said her sister. "It's measles!" said Weasel. "It's hippopox!" said Fox. But in the end the spotamus turns out to be something hilariously unexpected!

River of Teeth

River of Teeth
Author: Sarah Gailey
Publisher: Tordotcom
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2017-05-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0765395223

A Finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella Sarah Gailey's wildfire debut River of Teeth is a rollicking alternate history adventure that Charlie Jane Anders calls "preposterously fun." In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true. Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two. This was a terrible plan. Contained within this volume is an 1890s America that might have been: a bayou overrun by feral hippos and mercenary hippo wranglers from around the globe. It is the story of Winslow Houndstooth and his crew. It is the story of their fortunes. It is the story of his revenge. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher

A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher
Author: Mike Thaler
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1981-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780380780488

After Ms. Jones is eaten by a hippopotamus during a class trip to the zoo, she still returns to school to teach her pupils.