I've Lost my Hippopotamus

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. 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).

About the author

Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block, illustrated by James Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky, illustrated by Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State.
Jackie Urbanovic is the New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of the Max the Duck series including Duck at the Door, Duck Soup, and Duck and Cover, as well as the illustrator of If You're Hoppy, by April Pulley Sayre. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Prelutsky, Jack/ Urbanovic Prelutsky
• Assisted by: Jackie Urbanovic (Illustration)
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 10
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2012
• EAN: 9780062014573
• ISBN: 978-0-06-201457-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Social sciences, law, business > Business; Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Large land mammals, JUVENILE FICTION: Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Beginner, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Dogs, JUVENILE FICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION: Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) *, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Pets, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Hippos & Rhinos, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Elephants, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Nocturnal