Presents three stories about how two hippos, George and Martha, experience the trials and tribulations of friendship.

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, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's...

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...

Hippo is not happy at his rundown zoo, so he and his best friend, Red Panda, decide to leave and get real jobs. Hippo becomes a "Hippopotamister" and they try a number of jobs--from hair-stylist to astronaut--but nothing makes Hippo happy. Then, Hippo returns to the zoo and uses all the skills he learned in the real world to help his fellow animal friends.

When hippo misses breakfast and gets hungry at school, he eats an entire cake that was supposed to be for everyone. Includes a glossary, index, suggestions for discussion and activities, and resources for further information.

Friends Hippo and Rabbit spend the day together having breakfast, playing on the swings, and waiting for a thunderstorm to end.

On a visit to Don's Safari, the students in class 2B attempt to find a missing hippopotamus.

It looks like trouble when Fragility, a hippopotamus whose feelings are easily hurt, meets Rudy, a rude elephant, on the soccer field.

Spot the puppy joins Helen the hippopotamus in a search for six hidden Easter eggs. Movable flaps conceal portions of the illustrations.