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32 pp.
| North-South |
March, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7358-2280-1$16.95
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Young hippo Bertie, while excited about his birthday party, is mostly preoccupied with his gifts. Disaster strikes when Dad mislays his present, but Bertie is finally having too much fun to mind (for long). The very slight story is enhanced by Pfister's spirited illustrations of the hippo and his animal pals against friendly flower-pattern backgrounds.