Blue Hippopotamus Author:Phoebe Gilman, Joanne Fitzgerald (Illustrator) A young hippo falls madly in love with an Egyptian princess. Desperate to be with her, the hippo asks a magician to change him into "something she could love." The magician reveals that he's unable turn a hippo into a human, but can turn him into a toy, and he grants the hippo the power to turn himself back into his real self ... more »whenever he chooses. The excited hippo accepts this offer, and becomes the princess's new toy --- but will this be enough?
Based on a story by Joan Grant, this is Phoebe Gilman's long-awaited final book. The illustrations by Joanne Fitzgerald are inspired by the sketches Phoebe drew before her death in 2002.« less