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The turtle and the hippopotamus / Kate Banks ; pictures by Tomek Bogacki.

Banks, Kate, 1960- (Author). Bogacki, Tomasz, (illustrator.). Bogacki, Tomek, ill. (Added Author). Bogacki, Tomasz. (Added Author).

Summary:

Afraid to swim across the river because of the hippopotamus there, a turtle takes inspiration from other animals in trying other ways to get across. Features rebuses.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374378851
  • ISBN: 9780374378851
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Rebus Book"
"Frances Foster Books"
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.2 0.5
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.2 0.5 56880.
Subject:
Turtles > Juvenile fiction.
Hippopotamus > Juvenile fiction.
Animals > Juvenile fiction.
Rebuses > Juvenile fiction.
Turtles > Fiction.
Hippopotamus > Fiction.
Animals > Fiction.
Rebuses > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Rebuses.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 8 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library E BANKS (Text) 39493104417573 Easy Reader Available -
Dunn Public Library E Ban (Text) 33436001178430 Easy Fiction Available -
Lexington Public Library E B (Text) 25908003679607 Easy Fiction Available -
Macon County Public Library E BANKS (Text) 39493104720570 Easy Fiction Available -
Marianna Black Library E BANKS (Text) 39493103655918 Easy Fiction Available -
Mocksville E BAN (Text) 39872000975885 Easy Fiction Available -
Person County Library E BAN (Text) 34622001116459 Easy Fiction Available -
Reynolda Manor Branch E Banks, Kate (Text) 0112511837596 Easy Fiction Available -
Scotland Neck Memorial Library E O BANKS SN (Text) 01011700016498 Easy Fiction Checked out 06/25/2026

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