Juvenile Fiction, Animals, Hippos & Rhinos
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Funseekers on Safari
by Sue Pawley Richardson
Take a ride on the wild side with the FUNSEEKERS ON SAFARI. Hang out with animals of all shapes and sizes in a game park in South Africa. Be amazed by close encounters with the big five (lion, leopard, Cape buffalo, rhinoceros and elephant) and...
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Wild Friends at the Blue Pond
Norman by Dawn Torgerson
Norman the little elephant is having a very difficult time. He is bumping into things and hurting himself all of the time. He is red-faced and awkward, not sure what to do. His friends and family start to notice this and try to help him out. Come...
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Ramsey the Pink Rhinoceros
by David Ashley Peterson
Life is hard for Ramsey - like many children he has trouble fitting in at his school. He is also a PINK rhinoceros which makes fitting in even harder to do! Ramsey has a dream to be a dancer and when the ballet comes to Ottawa he unexpectedly...
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I Heard Two Hippopotami
by Russel Hirst
I Heard Two Hippopotami is a narrative poem about a child who comes upon two hippos talking in a river. The child hears the male hippo telling the female hippo she is fat, slow, clumsy, muddy, and loud— which doesn’t seem nice. The child is...
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Skinny Legs and Fat Cheeks
by Joseph Cassis
Skinny Legs and Fat Cheeks is about two animals with unique characteristics that are first perceived as having bad attributes of their bodies but they end up as being lifesavers. Zuri, the giraffe, has a very long neck and skinny legs which are...
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