Hippos Are Huge!: Read and Wonder

By Jonathan London

Book Overview

"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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763679526
• ISBN13: 9780763679521
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.8" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3