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A heart-warming and funny story about friendship and acceptance, from an award-winning author-illustrator
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A heart-warming picture book about a green hippo who struggles with being different and the friends who help him accept his individuality, by award-winning author-illustrator Petr Horácek. Green Hippo is feeling sad. Why? Because someone said green hippos don't exist! Frog, Elephant, and Giraffe try to...
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A heart-warming picture book about a green hippo who struggles with being different and the friends who help him accept his individuality, by award-winning author-illustrator Petr Horácek.
Green Hippo is feeling sad. Why? Because someone said green hippos don't exist! Frog, Elephant, and Giraffe try to cheer him up, but Green Hippo is feeling too down to listen. But maybe Green Hippo will make a discovery of his own as he goes down to the river and sees the beautiful colours of the world all around him...
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529535594
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Petr Horácek
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 230.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Petr Horácek’s bold and imaginative illustrations continue to captivate children and critics. His stories, often about loyalty and belonging, are told with an instinctive warmth and humour and are beautifully brought to life through his evocative use of colour and texture. He has won many awards around the world for classics such as Suzy Goose and A New House for Mouse and was shortlisted for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 and 2018.
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