Picture Books: Hey Hippopotamus Do Babies Eat Cake Too?

TITLE:"Hey Hippopotamus Do Babies Eat Cake Too?" ISBN:9780143501398 p/b Author: Hazel Edwards   Illustrator: Deborah Niland  Publisher: Puffin Penguin Books Australia Film Adaptation: Pocket Bonfire:  International screening Edinburgh Film Festival 2011 Chinese Translation: Children's Publishing House of Sichuan Province AudioBook : all Hippo stories and music  Bolinda Audio Inspired 'Hippo Hippo the Musical' (Garry Ginivan Productions) NEWS!  Selected for Dolly Parton 'Imagination Library' in 2020 Author reading at Tamworth Library 'Hazel Edwards Week'

   Hey Hippopotamus, Do Babies Eat Cake Too?

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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.'

Sometimes there can be mixed or confused feelings about a new baby in the family. With the help of the Hippo, the baby is welcomed and embraced. This book is often given as a gift to the existing child in a family expecting a baby.

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Educational Resources for Teachers

To celebrate the anniversary of the original Hippopotamus book, Puffin created some fun Hippo Party materials. You can visit the Puffin website or download the items here.

Hippo Party Invitation Hippopotamus Colouring In Sheet Pin the Cake on the Hippo!

The Hippopotamus series  can provide an imaginative and fun theme for the kindergarten, classroom and the school community as a whole.  A range of resources are available for download below.

Curriculum Themes and Activities Classroom Activities Recipes and Food Ideas

You can find more resources and classroom ideas for all of Hazel's Books by clicking through to the Teachers Resources Page.

 Chinese translations of all six titles by Children's Publishing House of Sichuan Province

Premier's Reading Challenges

Hey Hippopotamus Do Babies Eat Cake Too? is listed as approved reading on Premiers' Reading Challenges throughout Australia:

• NSW Premier's Reading Challenge: K-2 Challenge Level
• Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge: Years Prep to 2
• South Australians Premier's Reading Challenge: Reception to Year 2
• ACT Chief Minister's Reading Challenge: Years Prep to 2

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