When a hippopotamus comes round to your housedon t be worried or scared by his size,just hug him and open the door really widebecause that s what makes a hippopotamus come inside!What do you do when a hippopotamus comes to visit? Play splashy-sploshy games, of course, to make him happy. Share silly toys in a big warm bath, to make him laugh. Give him a great big crunchy salad-treat, as that s what a hippo likes to eat. And when he s ready to go home, do a little dance and say goodbye in style because that s what makes a hippopotamus smile! And now that you re his new best friend he ll be sure to want to come round again maybe not on his own next time!

Author Biography

Laurent Cardon's background is in film animation and he has worked in Japan, China, and Korea. The illustrator of Wolf Wanted, he lives in Sao Paulo. Sean Taylor is a children's author, storyteller and teacher with experience of creative writing teaching in three continents. His books include The Great Snake, Purple Class and the Skelington, Purple Class and the Flying Spider, Crocodiles Are the Best Animals of All, The Grizzly Bear with the Frizzly Hair, Who Ate Auntie Iris and We Have Lift-Off. He lives partly in England and partly in Brazil where his wife is from.