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The Hiccupotamus (Book and Audio CD) (Paperback)
The Hiccupotamus - Book and Audio CD - Paperback Author:Aaron Zenz In eccentrically rhyming verse, Zenz tells us of the dire results when a hippopotamus gets the hiccups. Of course, this is not just any hippo -- this is a richly purple-hued hippopotamus, and he's got the hiccups "quite-a-lotamus." At first he doesn't do much about the fact -- which, unfortunately enough, means startling the other creatures arou... more »nd him with his hippo-sized "hics." He is pursued by an angry elephant after he disrupts her cupcake lunch, and she is joined soon thereafter by a "centipede pouring new cementipede" and a rhinoceros -- as the final "strawcerous." Hiccup cures are quickly tried, and because of his great size, they are doubled up for maximum effectiveness: "They acquired an aquarium / And flashed him something scaryum." In the end, his hiccups are cured, but much to the chagrin of the other animals, they prove to be hiccups of the contagious variety! Zenz vivid, color-splashed illustrations, in a cartoon-like style, complement the text perfectly. It's hard to say what's better -- the whimsical, rhyming text or the beautiful colored-pencil illustrations.« less