Alamosa Public Library

"The jungle animals are having a musical celebration! Mouse squeaks, Bird tweets, and Centipede taps his feet. Then more animals hear the music and want to join in, as Monkey, Warthog, and Crocodile bring their own music-making talents to the group. But what is that silly Hippo doing?"--Provided by publisher.

An illustrated version of the song about a child who wants a hippopotamus for Christmas.

Mama and Papa Potamus try out many different names for their newborn daughter before finding just the right one in time for her naming ceremony.

Hippo and his neighbor Pig are very good friends until Hippo trims the hedge between their two houses.

Baby Hippo is in such a rush to play one morning he forgets to kiss his mama, but strangely all the jungle noises seem to remind him.

None of her jungle friends can find Hilda Hippo a quieter, less disruptive replacement for dancing, her favorite hobby, until Water Buffalo suggests an activity that allows Hilda to express her dance creativity in a new way.

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...

Baby Hippo is in such a rush to play one morning he forgets to kiss his mama, but strangely all the jungle noises seem to remind him.

A loveable animal adventure (featuring a little girl and animals like a rhino and an ape) for the youngest reader, celebrating children's creative play!

Larger and larger groups of hippos join a lone hippopotamus for a night-time party.