The Hippo Boat by Eriko Kishida

The Hippo Boat

by Eriko Kishida

drawings by Chiyoko Nakatani

Penguin Books, 1967, colour illustrations throughout, landscape paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, previous owners inscription on inside front cover (see photographs)

“It rained so hard at the zoo one day that the hippopotamus had to turn herself into a boat to carry all the small animals and their babies to dry land and save them from the flood.”