The Truth about Hippos: Seriously Funny Facts about Your Favorite Animals (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781626726673)

Did you know that there are two types of hippo: the common hippo and the pygmy hippo (which is like a common hippo but smaller)?

Did you know that all hippos live in Africa?

Did you know that hippos can't actually swim?

Discover these facts and many more in this nonfiction picture-book series that injects humor and bright, vivid animals into popular subjects like bears and hippos.

Author: Maxwell Eaton
ISBN-10: 1626726671
ISBN-13: 9781626726673
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2018
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.30w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 199769 / Truth about Hippos


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2017
Booklist 01/01/2018 pg. 80
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2018
School Library Journal 02/01/2018 pg. 111
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2018
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2018 pg. 147
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 162 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Maxwell Eaton III is a highly tolerated author and illustrator of numerous books for children. When he isn't drawing talking animals he can be found in a canoe with his wife and daughter in the Adirondack Mountains of New York state.