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The amazing true story of the orphaned baby hippo and 130-year-old giant turtle whose remarkable friendship touched millions around the world.The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee (Mm-ZAY). When Owen was stranded after the Dec 2004 tsunami, villagers in Kenya worked tirelessly to rescue him. Then, to everyone's amazement, the orphan hippo and the elderly tortoise adopted each...
23) One red sock
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
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When a little purple hippo cannot find the mate for her red sock, she tries everything in her sock drawer in order to be fashionable -- or at least to match.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat - Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to 'see the cat.' How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, the author introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. The illustrator depicts the pup's reactions to the narrator and to...
25) Hiccupotamus
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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The jungle animals are having a musical celebration! Mouse squeaks, Bird tweets, and Centipede taps his feet. Then more animals hear the music and want to join in, as Monkey, Warthog, and Crocodile bring their own music-making talents to the group. But what is that silly Hippo doing?
28) Books for me!
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25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Hippo is looking for a new book. She heads to the library and soon finds stories about knights, pirates, bears, superheroes, and more! With all the books out there, how can she choose just one? Maybe she doesn't have to...
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Hilda la hiopopótamo tiene hambre. Va camino a la pasteleria de Homero el cerdo a comer panquecitos de arándano, pero no cuenta con que tendrá una gran crisis de hipo! ¿Que hara?
When Hanna Hippo gets hiccups on her way to enjoy some hot huckleberry muffins after school, her friends Homer Hog and Hilda Hen try to help.
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The elephants aren't happy, because the hippos river has dried up, and they moved to share the elephants' river. Elmer, the patchwork elephant, decides to investigate to see what happened to the hippos' river. He discovers that if the hippos and the elephants work together, they can move the rocks that fell that are blocking the hippos' river.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Hiccups: Fun Stories is four hilarious adventures in one exciting comic book, making a collection as brisk and silly as a bout of hiccups. Readers of all ages will earn merit badges in space with Luna Destiny and the Moon Berets, solve ridiculous mysteries in the old west with Sheriff Rattatan, rescue marvels of nature with Hip and Popo, and practice magic in middle school with Luz and Sato." -- Amazon.com
36) Hippopotamister
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84 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The zoo isn't what it used to be. It's run down, and Hippo hardly ever gets any visitors. So he decides to set off for the outside with his friend Red Panda. To make it in the human world, Hippo will have to become a Hippopotamister: he'll have to act like a human, get a job, and wear a hat as a disguise. He's a good employee, whether he's a construction worker, a hair stylist, or a sous chef. But what he really needs is a job where he can be himself"--Amazon.com....
39) A hippo's tale
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1 volume (unpaged.) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Deep in the middle of Africa, Mrs. Hippopotamus enjoys having quiet time all to herself, especially when bathing. But then a monkey shows up and disturbs her solitude. What is Mrs. Hippopotamus to do?
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158 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
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Which dangerous animals would win in a fight? Find out in this awesome bind-up of five books in the popular Who Would Win? series. The collection features a range of mammals, sea creatures, reptiles, and dinosaurs to satisfy all kinds of animal fans.
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