Hippo's Garden Day

Name: Hippo's Garden Day
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781838915780
Price: 21.0 NZD
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By Nicola Kent

Series: Busy Chores for Little Paws

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Hippo's Garden Day is the perfect exploration of grown-up tasks for tiny tots! Can YOU help Hippo do the gardening? Full of flaps, wheels, and sliders, this interactive board book is a hands-on introduction to the grown-up tasks that fascinate toddlers. Busy chores for little paws!... Read More

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Description

Hippo's Garden Day is the perfect exploration of grown-up tasks for tiny tots!

Can YOU help Hippo do the gardening?

Full of flaps, wheels, and sliders, this interactive board book is a hands-on introduction to the grown-up tasks that fascinate toddlers.

Busy chores for little paws!

Series: Busy Chores for Little Paws

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Hippo's Garden Day

Hippo's Garden Day is the perfect exploration of grown-up tasks for tiny tots! Can YOU help Hippo do the gardening? Full of flaps, wheels, and sliders, this interactive board book is a hands-on introduction to the grown-up tasks that fascinate toddlers. Busy chores for little paws!

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838915780

Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group

Format: Board book

Date Published: 01 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Little Tiger

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 170.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 10

Collections

Children's Board Books Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Nicola Kent Penguin Books Series: Busy Chores for Little Paws

About the Author

Nicola Kent is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. She won the Independent Booksellers' Best New Illustrator Award (2019) and has been shortlisted in both the World Illustration Awards and the Teach Primary Book Awards. She lives in London with her partner, two children, a cat and a dog, and a very untidy desk.

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