| Record Number |
21021 |
| ISBN |
9781760896270 |
| 1760896276 |
| Location |
Picture Book F EDW |
| Author |
Edwards, Hazel, 1945-, (author.). |
| Title |
There's a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake / by Hazel Edwards ; illustrated by Deborah Niland. |
| Varying title |
There is a hippopotamus on our roof eating cake. |
| Edition |
40th anniversary edition. |
| Published |
[Camberwell, Victoria] : Puffin Books, , an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia, 2020. |
| ©1980. |
| Collation |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| still image |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
First published by Hodder Headline Australia 1980. |
| Collection code: Picture Books |
| NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 2021 K-2 |
| Summary Note |
A little girl imagines that there is a hippopotamus on her roof. when she takes a bath, the hippo takes a shower; when she goes to bed, the hippo watches television on the roof. But when the repair men come to fix the roof, the hippo conveniently disappears, returning only to eat his cake. |
| Target Audience |
Preschool. |
| Subject |
Imaginary creatures -- Juvenile Fiction |
| Hippopotamus -- Juvenile fiction |
| Cake -- Juvenile fiction |
| Family life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Imaginary friends -- Juvenile fiction |
| Picture books for children |
| Cake -- Picture books |
| Families -- Picture books |
| Imaginary companions -- Picture books |
| Hippopotamus -- Picture books |
| Hippopotamus -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Cake -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Imaginary companions -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories -- Pictorial works |
| Added Name |
Niland, Deborah, (illustrator). |
| Series |
Edwards, Hazel, 1945-. Hippopotamus series. |
