Harry Hippo takes a bath, plays in the water, and cleans up afterwards.

Simple rhyme tells the story of a hippopotamus who has great difficulty getting a shoe saleman to listen to her request for special shoes, but is successful at last in buying the ballet slippers she needs for her performance.

In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true. Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two. This was a terrible plan. Contained within this volume is an 1890s America that might have been: a bayou overrun by feral hippos and mercenary...

"A few months ago, Winslow Houndstooth put together the damnedest crew of outlaws, assassins, cons, and saboteurs on either side of the Harriet for a history-changing caper. Together they conspired to blow the dam that choked the Mississippi and funnel the hordes of feral hippos contained within downriver, to finally give America back its greatest waterway. Songs are sung of their exploits, many with a haunting refrain: "And not a soul escaped alive."...

A young hippopotamus feels lonely watching the other animals run and play together, until they finally notice him. On board pages.

Two naughty babies, a zebra and a hippo, get in trouble when they persist in playing instead of going to sleep.

On a visit to Don's Safari, the students in class 2B attempt to find a missing hippopotamus.

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.

It's Bertie's birthday and he's going to have a birthday party. There's a birthday cake to be made, and decorations to be hung, and games to be played, and best of all, presents to be opened. But where is Daddy's present? Daddy has hidden it so well, he cannot find it himself.

At the end of a busy day, Fiona the hippo wishes goodnight to all of her friends at the zoo.