How To Be A Happy Hippo

Horace isn't a happy hippo. He has plenty of toys and lots to do, but what he wants most in the world is a good long wallow in the mud with his big, round dad. The trouble is that Mr Hippo always has somewhere to go and someone to meet. How can Horace make him stop and play?

Poses questions to the reader on the state of their mood based on animal emotions, from happy as a hippo to worried as a rabbit and contented as a frog. On board pages.

Hippo was a hippo. Nothing more, nothing less. Im so plain... he sighed. Hippo wishes he had something a little extra... like a long trunk or a fancy mane. So what happens when Hippo stumbles upon a turtle that can make all his wishes come true?!

Horace was not a happy hippo. Something was missing from his life. He had plenty of playthings but all he wanted was a good long wallow with his big, round dad. Only Mr. Hippo always had somewhere to go or someone to meet.What could Horace do to make him stop and play? Then one day Horace thought of the perfect way to catch his dad ...

When the threads that hold human society together unravel, the animal kingdom suffers. Karen Paolillo discovered this first-hand in Zimbabwe when she developed a close connection with thirteen hippos in their natural habitat, the Turgwe River. Her mission to save these exceptional animals after they came under threat of drought, land invasions and poachers developed into a beautiful African love story. It is also the stirring tale of how one woman faced personal and financial adversities while ensuring the survival of a family of hippos, with Bob, a three-ton bull, as their leader. With the establishment of the Turgwe Hippo Trust, Karen has triumphed as guardian of the hippos, and the animals have prospered ever since. A Hippo Love Story shares this heroic journey of a nature lover who became an ally of one of Africa's most fearsome animal species.

Henry the hippo turns up at the zoo after his mother dies. But the zoo already has a hippo and horrible Mr Pinch wants to send Henry away! Zoe can't bear to see the little hippo homeless, so she comes up with a hiptastic plan!

Horace the hippo is sad because his father is always too busy to play, so Horace decides to build a trap to force him to play.