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Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship
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 amazem…
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- 9780439927802
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- 599.6 HAT
Hippos can't swim : and other fun facts
Did you know that hippos can't swim? This hilarious book is full of fun facts about all sorts of animals, from sleepy ants to jellyfish that glow! Did you know that a zebra's stripes are as unique as a human's fingerprints? How about that ants take about 250 naps per day? Or that some jellyfish can glow--and that's called bioluminescence? Colorful, humorous illustrations accompany tons …
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- 9781442493247
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- Did you know ?
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- D
Yes, no, little hippo
After experiencing several falls and bumps, Little Hippo discovers how to play safely and have fun without the danger of accidents.
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- 0895656973
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- A book about being safe
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- MO
Elmer and the hippos
The elephants are not very happy: the hippos have come to live in their river because their own has dried up. When the elephants complain to Elmer that the river is over-crowded, Elmer sets off to see what he can do. He soon discovers that the problem can easily be solved, but only if the hippos and the elephants work together!
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- 9781842709818
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- M
The hippo-not-amus
From the best-selling illustrator of GIRAFFES CAN'T DANCE, Guy Parker-Rees, comes a silly story about a young hippo trying to be everything he's not. Portly didn't ask to be a hippo; he was just born that way. And frankly, he's starting to find being a hippo kind of boring - standing in the water all day up to his eyeballs, eating grass - no fun at all! So he embarks on a journey to figure o…
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- 0439678579
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Hippo tales
Hippo's new shoes Hippo's feet had grown so much that he needed some new shoes. so his mum and dad took him to the shoe shop to buy some. Hippo tried on some smart white shoes with little holes in the front.
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- 0749743883
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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Harry takes a bath
Using their cache of already published easy-to-read books, Puffin launched their Easy-to-Read program. Favorite stories by such beloved authors as James Marshall, Jean Van Leeuwen, and Harriet Ziefert are certain to attract readers to this series. Though the quality of stories in this series is uneven, some of them are superb. Like most other beginning-to-read series, Puffin Easy-to-Read is div…
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- 0140365370
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Puffin easy-to-read : level 1
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- Z
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