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'Only three sleeps to go and then it's my birthday!
'There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake.
'It's his birthday, too. We are going to have our party together.
'A jungle party.
'And all our friends can come in animal costumes.
'The hippo is back to celebrate his 30th birthday with a brand-new book! Join him and his friends for a jungle-inspired celebration full of games and lots of jungle-party treats!' (From the publisher's website.)
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been translated into Chinese.
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There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake
Deborah Niland
(illustrator),
Sydney
:
Hodder and Stoughton
,
1980
Z667661
1980
single work
picture book
children's
The imaginary Hippo can do what he likes on the roof. In fact, he does all the things a little girl wishes she could, but is not allowed. When she takes a bath, the hippo takes a shower; when she goes to bed, the hippo watches television on the roof. And when the repair men come to fix the roof, the hippo conveniently disappears, returning of course to eat a very large piece of cake. (Source: Publisher's website)
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