A Hippopotamus' hiccups disrupt the lives of the unassuming animals around him. When they finally get their hands on the elusive hiccuper, the animals turn to a wide variety of antidotes to solve his dilemma.

The elephants aren't happy, because the hippos' river has dried up, and they moved to share the elephants' river. Elmer, the patchwork elephant, decides to investigate to see what happened to the hippos' river. He discovers that if the hippos and the elephants work together, they can move the rocks that fell and are blocking the river.

"When a little purple hippo cannot find the mate for her red sock, she tries everything in her sock drawer in order to be fashionable--or at least to match"--Verso page.

A young giraffe who is afraid of heights meets a monkey who is afraid of climbing trees and a hippo who is afraid of going in the water. Together they meet a crocodile who helps them overcome those fears.

When Hanna Hippo gets hiccups on her way to enjoy some hot huckleberry muffins after school, her friends Homer Hog and Hilda Hen try to help.

When Veronica arrives at Petunia's farm, the animals object to her ways and looks until she gets sick, at which time, they decide they like her after all.

Alphonse, a young hippopotamus too big, green, and different to fit in, leaves the circus where his family lives and goes to New York City, where he finally finds a friend who likes him just the way he is.

It looks like trouble when Fragility, a hippopotamus whose feelings are easily hurt, meets Rudy, a rude elephant, on the soccer field.

Hippo demonstrates his good manners as he makes his way in crowded situations.

When Duck and Hippo join their friends for a picnic, Hippo forgets to bring anything to share and heads off into the forest to find some berries.