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"Two African hard hitters clash in the Nile! What would happen if a fierce Nile crocodile came face to face with a ferocious hippopotamus? This high-interest title introduces readers to the body parts and fighting moves that help each of these animals battle their foes. Special features highlight each animal's size, bite force, and other stats. The book concludes with battle between the two creatures. Who will come out on top?"--Provided by the publisher....
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"This is a story about Fiona. Fiona is a baby hippo, but not just any baby hippo. She's the first premature hippo to be raised by humans. Since she was born so early, Fiona had a lot of people worried. They had many questions. How would she grow? What would she eat? How would her mom take care of her? But no one, including Fiona, gave up."--Dustjacket.
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In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true. Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two. This was a terrible plan. Contained within this volume is an 1890s America that might have been: a bayou overrun by feral hippos and mercenary hippo...
10) Hippos
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"Hippos are one of the largest land mammals in the world! These big vegetarians prefer to spend their time in the water. Readers will enjoy learning more about hippos with exciting facts and vibrant photos"--Provided by the publisher.
11) Hippopotamuses
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Provides information about hippopotamuses, including habitat, anatomy, and feeding habits.
14) Hurty feelings
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It looks like trouble when Fragility, a hippopotamus whose feelings are easily hurt, meets Rudy, a rude elephant, on the soccer field.
16) Hippospotamus
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When a hippopotamus discovers a spot on her bottom, it seems every creature in the jungle knows what it is and how to cure it.
17) Hidden hippo
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Illustrations and rhyming text follow a sightseer as he travels around the grasslands of Africa and encounters all sorts of wild animals.
18) Fiona the hippo
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Fiona the hippo faces the challenges of growing up with an "I've got this!" attitude.
On January 24, 2017, Fiona the hippo was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, six weeks before her due date. She weighed only 29 pounds, which is very small for a Nile hippo. She was too weak to stand and nurse from her mother, so Fiona received around-the-clock attention from the zoo's animal care staff, dubbed "Team Fiona", and even from nurses at Cincinnati Children's...
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Move over, Spot. . . . Spoofing classic primers, Max the Dog talks back to the book in a twist that will have fans of funny early readers howling. See Max. Max is not a cat-Max is a dog. But much to Max's dismay, the 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...
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