Picture Books: Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party

TITLE:"Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party" ISBN:9780670072637  H/b ISBN 9780143502968 Paperback Puffin.com.au E-book: on Itunes. Author: Hazel Edwards   Illustrator: Deborah Niland  Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Awards: 2011 Notable Book: Children's Book Council Awards.  Film Adaptation:  Pocket Bonfire: World Premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival Chinese translations: Children's Publishing House of Sichuan Province AudioBook : all Hippo stories and music   Bolinda Audio Classroom Playscript: based on paperback. pb_hazel_edwards_classroom_playscript__birthday_hippo.pdf

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 Birthdays are very important. Especially if the hippo shares your birthday. Shows how families can share imaginative activities.

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Buy your own copy of Hooray! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Having a Birthday Party

Visit your local bookshop or these online retailers have copies available now - just click through on the direct link and you can purchase online:

Booktopia Australian Online Bookshop Bookworld

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Educational Resources for Teachers

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

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

The Little Big Book Clubhave also prepared a comprehensive Classroom Activity Sheet. Click here to download a copy

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. Enjoy!

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 picture books  Children's Publishing House of Sichuan Province

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Reviews and Feedback

 Imagine a book stopping traffic on the highway. It happened! Due to the real estate agent who donated this board.

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