There's a Hippopotamus on our Roof Eating Cake
Author: Hazel Edwards. Illustrator Deborah Niland.
Publisher: Published by Penguin. Reprinted several times by Penguin 2005-2007.
ISBN: 0-14-350137-2
About an imaginary friend who reassures and has all the answers especially when going to hospital.
There is also a Compact Disc, 'There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake and other stories', read by Play School's Benita Collings of all five picture book titles, accompanied by 'hip' music and songs.
Downloads
- Curriculum Themes Hippo Books
- Classroom Activities With Cake Eating Hippo
- School Class Event: Recipes for a Cake-Eating Hippo Cook Book
- Bibliography of Cake Eating Hippo
- Bibliography Picture Books by Hazel Edwards
- Bibliography Junior Fiction by Hazel Edwards
Teachers' Notes
Related links
- ABC Online Hand Me Down Hippo page
- Allen & Unwin Bookstore
- Penguin Books Australia
- Lu Rees Collection
- Deborah Niland's website
- Australian Centre for Youth Literature
- Premier's Reading Challenge - Victoria - NSW - QLD - SA - WA