Hot Hippo (African Animal Tales)

by Mwenye Hadithi

Adrienne Kennaway (Illustrator)

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Hippo was hot and thought how wonderful it would be to live in the water. Hippo pleaded with the god of Everything and Everywhere to let him live in the rivers and streams.



Ngai agreed Hippo could live in the water but only if he promised not to eat the little fishes and to come out of the water at night and eat grass.

The story of how Hippo came to live in the river instead of on dry land.

  • ISBN10 0340413913
  • ISBN13 9780340413913
  • Publish Date 1 October 1986 (first published 1 September 1986)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 10 November 2023
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Hachette Children's Group
  • Imprint Hodder Children's Books
  • Edition 2nd edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 32
  • Language English