Mostrando resultados por "hippopotamus" en Todas las categorías

This audiobook describes the development of a hippopotamus from infancy to adulthood, as he grows up in Africa.

The spunky Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson has returned to the exotic Nile valley. Parasol aloft and hot on the trail of an unexplored tomb, she must outwit a shadowy evildoer, a questionable antiquities dealer, and her loquacious son, Ramses.

In the rolling hills just outside Gaborone, surrounded by a grove of acacia trees, lies the Great Hippopotamus Hotel. With spacious rooms overlooking the Botswanan countryside and a fine and loyal staff, the hotel has served as a refuge to weary travelers for many years. But a sudden string of misfortunes threatens to ruin the hotel’s reputation. Food poisoning befalls an unlucky diner, laundry mysteriously disappears from the drying line, and a scorpion stings one of the guests. Mishap after mishap occurs, until it becomes apparent that these incidents are more than simple coincidences.

Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on at Swafford....

Mma Ramotswe has a deft hand in delicate cases, and never allows an act of injustice to pass unanswered. So, when it comes to her attention that a matter involving dubious motives has arisen, and that it will require the utmost discretion to resolve, she has no choice but to lend her skills in the arts of detection and reconciliation. She is, after all, head of Botswana’s premier detective agency, but that doesn’t mean she can’t use the help of Mma Makutsi and Mma Potokwane.

Deep in a sunny African river lived the cheekiest hippopotamus you could ever meet! Meet Hippo Harry, a playful troublemaker who loves splashing, teasing, and surprising all the other animals. But when his jokes go a little too far, Harry learns an important lesson about kindness, friendship, and knowing when to stop. A heartwarming and hilarious story filled with laughter, adventure, and a gentle lesson for young readers.

In 1910, the United States - its population exploding, its frontier all but exhausted - was in the throes of a serious meat shortage. But a small and industrious group of thinkers stepped forward with an answer, a bold idea being endorsed by the likes of Theodore Roosevelt and The New York Times. Their plan: to import hippopotamuses to the swamps of Louisiana and convince Americans to eat them.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning, psychologically astute author of The Memory Police, a hypnotic, introspective novel about an affluent Japanese family navigating buried secrets, and their young house guest who uncovers...

Hippopotamus: Photos and Fun Facts for Kids is book 20 in the Kids Learn with Pictures series. This book is around a clear concept: see pictures of hippos. This is a stock photo book of animals that asks questions of the pictures shown to encourage interaction and responses from the child.

The imaginary hippo can do what he likes on the roof. 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.

Mummy is having a baby ... I've got a daddy and a big brother, but we haven't had a baby before. So, I told my hippopotamus who lives on the roof and eats cake. He knows everything about babies.

The little girl from There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake is starting her first day of school! She takes her hippopotamus with her and together they face those first-day-at-school experiences – meeting your teacher, eating lunch in the playground and making new friends. This is a wonderful audiobook full of fun and reassurance for young people starting school.

The little girl from There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake is starting her first day of school! She takes her hippopotamus with her and together they face those first-day-at-school experiences – meeting your teacher, eating lunch in the playground and making new friends.

Mummy is having a baby ... I've got a daddy and a big brother, but we haven't had a baby before. So, I told my hippopotamus who lives on the roof and eats cake. He knows everything about babies.

The imaginary hippo can do what he likes on the roof. 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.

FREE for Kindle Unlimited members! Young girls and boys will chuckle reading about the adventures and misadventures of a real African hippopotamus that, one day, at noon, decided to migrate south: “The moon sees all from way up high, I wish to also see the world go by." It took Hubert many years to travel 1 600km south, along the South African coast. Along the way Hubert made many friends and enemies as he was a friendly hippo but with a rather large appetite and he didn’t quite followed the human rules. Nobody knows why Hubert migrated, but we do know that he was happy when he reached ...

Only three sleeps to go, and then it's my birthday. There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake, and it's his birthday, too. We are going to have our party together. A jungle party! Join in the fun as the hippopotamus on the roof celebrates his birthday in this delightful story!

Only three sleeps to go, and then it's my birthday. There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake, and it's his birthday, too. We are going to have our party together. A jungle party! Join in the fun as the hippopotamus on the roof celebrates his birthday in this delightful story!

'There's something on the roof,' whispered Mummy in the middle of the night. Thump. Thump. Thump. The world-famous hippo returns for a seaside holiday with the family from There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake. And what does our imaginary hippo pack in his overnight bag? Cake, of course!

I didn't want to go to hospital. My big sister said, 'My hippo knows all about hospitals. He can go with you.' There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake. And he's going to hospital too.