I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
by John Rox

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• ISBN13: 9780060529420
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Summary of I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Christmas is coming, and one little girl wants nothing more than a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. But will Santa Claus and her parents make her Christmas wish come true? As shown in his best-selling titles The Night Before Christmas and Here Comes Santa Claus, no one can portray the holidays better than Bruce Whatley; and he doesit again with I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas.

The song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" was written in 1950 by John Rox and became a nationwide hit in 1953 when ten-year-old Oklahoma native Gayla Peevey sang the song as a way to raise money for the Oklahoma City Zoo's first hippopotamus. In December of that year the city received Matilda the hippo for Christmas.

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• Subjects > Children's Books > Animals > Mammals
• Arts, Crafts & Music > Music
• Holidays & Celebrations > Christmas