Frank Carlson Library

"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."...

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 hippo...

A hippopotamus' hiccups disrupt the lives of the animals around him so they turn to a wide variety of antidotes to solve his dilemma.

When Harry Hippo takes a bath, look out! He likes to be clean, but he likes to play, too.

Harry and his grandfather go to Fun Land, where he bravely faces a variety of scary experiences.

Three stories chronicle the ups and downs of a special friendship between two hippopotamuses.

Fiona the hippo and her friends Cheetah, Chicken, and Fox figure out how to help Mr. Elephant feel better when he has a case of the sniffles.

Baby Hippo is in such a rush to play one morning he forgets to kiss his mama, but strangely all the jungle noises seem to remind him.