Ho! Ho! Ho! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Christmas Cake

Title: "Ho! Ho! Ho! There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Christmas Cake"  ISBN: 987 0 14 379067 9 Author: Hazel Edwards Illustrator: Deborah Niland Publisher:  Puffin Penguin Random House Australia Youtube: Auslan signing by deaf student Izzy

REVIEWS:

• '...great book for a small child's Christmas stocking...' reviewed by Di Bates ,BUZZ Words.pdf 
• '...a family story which really captures the spirit of Christmas...impulse gamer.pdf
• '...There's nothing not to love about these classic Australian hippo books...Meg Daley  Children's Books Daily
• '...Our favourite hippopotamus is back...' wildaboutbooks
• '...so many childhoods have been shaped by the hippopotamus ...'KidsBookReview by Sarah Wallace.
• '..love the imagination of the child character who knows that there is a hippo.' Little Big Reads.pdf

BLOG INTERVIEWS:

•  Sophie Masson's Blog Interview.pdf (plus sample hippo biscuits)   Firebirdfeathers 
•  StoryMama.pdf  'How Grandchild Inspired Book'

PODCASTS:

• Hippo on Vision Australia
• Kinderling Conversations:  The Family Legacy
• Author reading 'Ho!Ho!Ho! on Kinderling radio.
• 'There's a Hippopotamus on Our Podcast Eating Cake'   OneMorePage   Episode 19
•  Nat's “Hippo Podcast Song” on #Vimeo https://vimeo.com/295504292

FEATURE ARTICLES: 

• ''The Inside Scoop' .pdf  Buzz Words (May 2019) History of cake-eating hippo books.

Buy your own copy of "Ho! Ho! Ho!...

( Reprinting already: Check  PenguinRandomHouse for details )

Classroom Playscript

Orchard Grove Primary has been one of the first to perform the script as Readers' Theatre.

Grade 3 teacher Adam Todd's use of the whiteboard script and podcasts has also helped with literacy.

 Downloadable: Class Performance Script for Ho Ho HO_Hippo.pdf (249.94 KB)with choruses.

 Download Hippo activity pack .

Activities 

Even a Vegemite Sandwich Hippo from far North Qld fan.

Variations on gingerbread hippos from recipe in Hippo Activity pack.

The cutters have become most sought -after.

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