Hippo

Caroline Arnold

Jun 2013 · StarWalk Kids Media

About this ebook

This informative photo essay offers an engaging look at the second largest land animal (only the elephant is bigger). The lively text follows the hippo’s day-to-day life and behavior, both in captivity and in the wild, and examines the unique physical characteristics that allow hippos to lead their aquatic existence. Filled with nearly forty full-color photographs, Hippo offers youngsters a fascinating up-close view of this enormous African river dweller.

Ratings and reviews

Wonderful book

About the author

Caroline Arnold has been writing since 1980 and is the author of 150 books for children. Recent titles include A Polar Bear’s World, illustrated with her own cut paper art and winner of the Eureka Award for Nonfiction from the California Reading Association; Taj Mahal, the love story behind the construction of this magnificent monument; Wiggle and Waggle, five stories about two hardworking worms; and a tall tale, The Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers, winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Her recent book, A Warmer World, focuses on animals and how they have been impacted by climate change. A noted science writer, Caroline Arnold has had thirty-three books on the NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books list. She has received many other awards as well, including the Washington Post–Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction and the California Readers Leo Politi Award for her body of work. Her books are inspired by her travels, her love of animals, fossils, and the out-of-doors.