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    The Truth About Hippos: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals
    The Truth About Hippos: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals
    The Truth About Hippos: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals
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    The Truth About Hippos: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals

    By Maxwell Eaton, III

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    Did you know that there are two types of hippo: the common hippo and the pygmy hippo (which is like a common hippo but smaller)?

    Did you know that all hippos live in Africa?

    Did you know that hippos can’t actually swim?

    Discover these facts and many more in this nonfiction picture-book series that injects humor and bright, vivid animals into popular subjects like bears and hippos.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateFeb 27, 2018
    ISBN9781250306258
    The Truth About Hippos: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals
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    Maxwell Eaton, III

    Maxwell Eaton III is a highly tolerated author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including his The Truth About Your Favorite Animals series, which includes entries on dolphins, elephants, crocodiles, and more. When he isn't drawing talking animals, Eaton can be found in a canoe with his wife and daughter in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.

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