Plinkety-plonk! Tweetily-tweet! The jungle animals are making music to the sound of the bubbling creek! But - goodness me! - what is that naughty hippo up to? A bonkers, musical rhyming story with a laugh-out-loud, farting surprise!

Dance and sing along to the musical noises - and bottoms - of the animals in this funny book by the award-winning author, Steve Smallman (Big Bear's Bottom, Dragon Stew). Kids will love the bright and lively illustrations from Ada Grey (Shhh! Don't Wake the Royal Baby). Packed with laughs and rhymes, Hippobottymus is the perfect picture book for parents and children to read aloud.

This book has been graded for interest at 3-6 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2015 by Little Tiger Press Group .

Steve Smallman is the author of The Very Greedy Bee , My Dad! , and Don't Wake the Bear, Hare! Timothy Knapman has written plays, opera libretti, song lyrics and children's books. Timothy's books include the bestselling Eleanor's Eyebrows (Simon & Schuster) and the successful Mungo series (Puffin). Ada Grey is the illustrator of the bestselling Royal Baby series for Bloomsbury. Ada lives in Brighton with her family.