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Zippo the Super Hippo

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Zippo the Super Hippo by Kes Gray is a delightful children's book that follows the adventure of Zippo, a hippo who dreams of becoming a superhero. Despite lacking traditional hero abilities, Zippo is determined to discover his own special powers, teaching young readers about self-belief and the unique qualities that make us special.
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Zippo the Super Hippo

Meet the superhero with the super bottom!

Meet the superhero with the super bottom!

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Zippo the Super Hippo is fed up with being an ordinary hippo. He wants to have a superpower - something exciting, something amazing, something BIG!

But being good at swimming and splashing in mud aren't considered superpowers. Perhaps he can learn to fly like his best friend Roxi the oxpecker. But who's ever heard of a flying hippopotamus? Especially one with such a big bottom...

From the bestselling author/illustrator pairing of You're Called What?!, Kes Gray and Nikki Dyson, Zippo the Super Hippo is fantastically funny, and this big-bottomed superhero will be flying into children's imaginations everywhere!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529035728

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 May 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Nikki Dyson

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 261.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 198g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Kes Gray is an author of more than fifty books for children of all ages, including the acclaimed Daisy series illustrated by Nick Sharratt. As well as winning the Red House Children's Book Award for Eat Your Peas, Billy's Bucket and Daisy and the Trouble With Zoos, Kes was noted by The Independent as one of the top ten children's authors in the UK only a year after publishing his first book. If Kes could have a superpower, he'd like to have the ability to evaporate people who look at their mobile phones in cinemas. Kes lives in Essex with his wife, children and an assortment of animals. Nikki Dyson graduated in Illustration in 2006 and has worked as an illustrator ever since. She illustrated You're Called What?! and is very experienced at drawing superheroes, having also illustrated How to Be a Superhero written by Sue Fliess. When she's not busy creating superheroes, Nikki enjoys reading and watching cartoons. If she could have a superpower of her own, it would be to have supersonic speed so she could draw twice as much! Nikki lives and works from her home in Oxfordshire.

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