{"product_id":"hippos-are-huge-read-and-wonder-9780763679521","title":"Hippos Are Huge!: Read and Wonder","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"With gorgeous mixed-media illustrations and accessible, engaging language, this picture book will spur interest in the world of hippos.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe deadliest animal in Africa isn't the lion or the crocodile -- it's the hippopotamus  Hippos have razor-sharp tusks, weigh as much as fifty men, and can run twenty-five miles per hour. Follow these hefty hulks as they glide underwater, play tug-of-war, swat balls of dung at one another, and nuzzle their young in the mud. Just don't get too close -- they could chomp you in two\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan London i\u003c\/b\u003es an award-winning author of dozens of children's books, including the popular Froggy series illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. He is well known for his compassion for--and commitment to--wildlife, and many of his books are about animals. He lives in Northern California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Trueman \u003c\/b\u003eis the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eOne Beetle Too Many \u003c\/i\u003eby Kathryn Lasky. He spent his childhood in Italy, but returned to the United States to attend art school. Matthew Trueman lives near a river and likes to eat, two things he has in common with hippos, he says. He lives in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543990800658,"sku":"9780763679521","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0fa3aaab-4a01-4f1e-883c-1b986e638528.jpg?v=1731517895","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hippos-are-huge-read-and-wonder-9780763679521","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}